Functional morphology of jaw trabeculation in the lesser electric ray Narcine brasiliensis, with comments on the evolution of structural support in the Batoidea

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 267, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1137-1146

  Dean, Mason N ^a   Huber, Daniel R ^b   Nance, Holly A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; CT scan; Elasmobranch; Euler buckling; Trabeculae

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE MINERALIZATION; EVOLUTION; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MANDIBLE; PHYSIOLOGY; TORPEDO;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BIOMECHANICS; CALCIFICATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; EVOLUTION; MALE; MANDIBLE; TORPEDO;

ANIMALIA; AVES; BATOIDEA; BIVALVIA; CLYPEASTER SUBDEPRESSUS; DASYATIDAE; ELASMOBRANCHII; MYLIOBATIDAE; NARCINE BRASILIENSIS; PISCES; POLYCHAETA; TETRAPODA; TORPEDINIFORMES;

EID: 33748974578     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: 10974687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.10302     Document Type: Article

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