Structure and function of platyrrhine caudal vertebrae

Anatomical Record

Volumn 293, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 730-745

  Organ, Jason M ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Atelinae; Biomechanics; Cebus; Functional convergence; Hemal process; New world monkeys; pQCT; Prehensile tail; Torsion

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE STRUCTURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GEOMETRY; MALE; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; PLATYRRHINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS; TAIL; VERTEBRA;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; LOCOMOTION; PHYLOGENY; PLATYRRHINI; SPINE; TAIL;

ATELINAE; CEBUS; PLATYRRHINI;

EID: 77950895733     PISSN: 19328486     EISSN: 19328494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.21129     Document Type: Article

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