Skeletal strain patterns and growth in the emu hindlimb during ontogeny

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 210, Issue 15, 2007, Pages 2676-2690

  Main, Russell P ^a,b   Biewener, Andrew A ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Cornell University   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone; Bone geometry; Bone strain; Emu; Growth; Ontogeny; Scaling; Torsion

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BIRD; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HINDLIMB; HISTOLOGY; MECHANICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; DROMAIIDAE; HINDLIMB; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

ANIMALIA; DROMAIUS NOVAEHOLLANDIAE; TETRAPODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 34548162388     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.004580     Document Type: Article

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