Support polygons and symmetrical gaits in mammals

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 136, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 401-420

  Cartmill, Matt ^a   Lemelin, P ^a   Schmitt, D ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagonal sequence; Duty factor; Locomotion primates; Running; Walking

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036828403     PISSN: 00244082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1096-3642.2002.00038.x     Document Type: Article

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