Experimental alteration of limb posture in the chicken (Gallus gallus) and its bearing on the use of birds as analogs for dinosaur locomotion

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 240, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 237-249

  Carrano, Matthew T ^a   Biewener, Andrew A ^b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aves; Biomechanics; Bone strain; Kinematics; Torsion

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY POSTURE; CHICKEN; EVOLUTION; FEMUR; GAIT; LIMB; LOCOMOTION; PALEONTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TORSION; WEIGHT BEARING;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; CHICKENS; EVOLUTION; EXTREMITIES; FEMUR; GAIT; LOCOMOTION; PALEONTOLOGY; POSTURE; TORSION; WEIGHT-BEARING;

ANIMALIA; AVES; DINOSAURIA; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 0033152650     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4687(199906)240:3<237::AID-JMOR3>3.0.CO;2-N     Document Type: Article

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