Variation in mammalian proximal femoral development: Comparative analysis of two distinct ossification patterns

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 210, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 249-258

  Serrat, Maria A ^a   Reno, Philip L ^a   Mccollum, Melanie A ^a,b   Meindl, Richard S ^a   Lovejoy, C Owen ^a  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chondroepiphysis; Epiphysis; Femur; Hip development; Morphology; Ossification

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ARTIODACTYLA; BAT; BODY SIZE; BONE DEVELOPMENT; CARNIVORE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIPHYSIS; FEMUR; LOCOMOTION; MARINE SPECIES; MARSUPIAL; NONHUMAN; OSSIFICATION; PERISSODACTYLA; PHYLOGENY; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RODENT; SHREW; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; EPIPHYSES; FEMUR; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; LOCOMOTION; MAMMALS; OSTEOGENESIS; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ARTIODACTYLA; HOMO; MAMMALIA; METATHERIA; PRIMATES; RODENTIA; TUPAIIDAE;

EID: 33847415931     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: 14697580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2007.00694.x     Document Type: Article

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