Effects of gape and tooth position on bite force and skull stress in the dingo (Canis lupus dingo) using a 3-dimensional finite element approach

PLoS ONE

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2008, Pages

  Bourke, Jason ^a   Wroe, Stephen ^a   Moreno, Karen ^a   McHenry, Colin ^a,b,c   Clausen, Philip ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BONE STRESS; CANIDAE; CARNIVORE; DINGO; EVOLUTION; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; JAW; JOINT FUNCTION; MASTICATION; NONHUMAN; SKULL; TOOTH; ANIMAL; BITES AND STINGS; HISTOLOGY; WOLF;

CANIS FAMILIARIS DINGO; CANIS LUPUS; MAMMALIA;

ANIMALS; BITES AND STINGS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; TOOTH; WOLVES;

EID: 48249114767     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0002200     Document Type: Article

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