Morphological variation of the thoracolumbar vertebrae in Macropodidae and its functional relevance

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 266, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 167-181

  Chen, Xinmin ^a   Milne, Nick ^a   O'Higgins, Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Functional anatomy; Geometric morphometrics; Marsupial; Vertebrae

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HISTOLOGY; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MARSUPIAL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; ORGAN SIZE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; ZYGAPOPHYSEAL JOINT;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MACROPODIDAE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; ORGAN SIZE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; ZYGAPOPHYSEAL JOINT;

BETTONGIA; DENDROLAGUS; MACROPODIDAE; METATHERIA; PHASCOLARCTOS CINEREUS; POTOROIDAE; SPILOCUSCUS;

EID: 30744443816     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: 10974687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.10370     Document Type: Article

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