Configuration of the setal fields of Rhoptropus (Gekkota: Gekkonidae): Functional, evolutionary, ecological and phylogenetic implications of observed pattern

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 214, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 937-955

  Johnson, Megan K ^a   Russell, Anthony P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adhesion; Chondrodactylus; Gekkota; Locomotion; Rhoptropus; Setae

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMIMETICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOLOGICAL SPECIALIZATION; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; FOOT PAD; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; LIZARD; LOCOMOTION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ADHESIVENESS; ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; FOOT; LIZARDS; MICROFIBRILS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

CHONDRODACTYLUS; GEKKONIDAE; GEKKOTA; RHOPTROPUS; RHOPTROPUS AFER;

EID: 66449103544     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: 14697580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2009.01075.x     Document Type: Article

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