Patterns of variation across primates in jaw-muscle electromyography during mastication

Integrative and Comparative Biology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 294-311

  Vinyard, Christopher J ^a   Wall, Christine E ^b   Williams, Susan H ^c   Hylander, William L ^b  

^a Northeastern Ohio Medical University   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAMMALIA; PRIMATES; SCANDENTIA; SIMIIFORMES;

EID: 49449087764     PISSN: 15407063     EISSN: 15577023     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icb/icn071     Document Type: Conference Paper

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