Idiopathic-type scoliosis is not exclusive to bipedalism

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 348-352

  Gorman, Kristen F ^a   Breden, Felix ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; FISH GENETICS; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GRAVITY; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC SCOLIOSIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELEOST; VERTEBRA; WEIGHT BEARING;

ANIMALS; GAIT; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; LOCOMOTION; POECILIA; SCOLIOSIS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPINE;

ANIMALIA; GALLUS GALLUS; MUS; POECILIA RETICULATA; RATTUS; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 59249101267     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2008.09.052     Document Type: Article

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