Hind limb proportions and kinematics: Are small primates different from other small mammals?

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 208, Issue 17, 2005, Pages 3367-3383

  Schmidt, Manuela ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Angular excursion; Eulemur fulvus; Intralimb proportions; Joint kinematics; Limb length scaling; Microcebus murinus; Saguinus oedipus; Saimiri sciureus

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; HINDLIMB; HISTOLOGY; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MAMMAL; MORPHOMETRICS; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; HINDLIMB; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MAMMALS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ANTHROPOIDEA; CEBIDAE; EULEMUR FULVUS; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; LEMURIDAE; MAMMALIA; MICROCEBUS MURINUS; PRIMATES; SAGUINUS OEDIPUS; SAIMIRI; SAIMIRI SCIUREUS; STREPSIRHINI;

EID: 25844485934     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.01781     Document Type: Article

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