Hand and foot pressures in the aye-aye (Daubentonia madagascariensis) reveal novel biomechanical trade-offs required for walking on gracile digits

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 213, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1549-1557

  Kivell, Tracy L ^a,b   Schmitt, Daniel ^a   Wunderlich, Roshna E ^c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^c JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fingers; Foot; Hand posture; Slope; Toes

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY POSTURE; FOOT; HAND; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSIMIAN; WALKING;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; FOOT; HAND; POSTURE; STREPSIRHINI; WALKING;

ANIMALIA; DAUBENTONIA MADAGASCARIENSIS; DAUBENTONIIDAE; LEMURIFORMES; MAMMALIA; PRIMATES;

EID: 77951607365     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.040014     Document Type: Article

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