Functional specialization and ontogenetic scaling of limb anatomy in Alligator mississippiensis

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 216, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 423-445

  Allen, Vivian ^a   Elsey, Ruth M ^b   Jones, Nicola ^a   Wright, Jordon ^a   Hutchinson, John R ^a  

^a ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Archosaur; Crocodylia; Functional anatomy; Locomotion; Muscle architecture; Scaling

Indexed keywords

ALLIGATOR; ALLIGATOR MISSISSIPPIENSIS; ALLOMETRY; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; EVOLUTION; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FORELIMB; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HINDLIMB; ISOMETRICS; LIMB MOVEMENT; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PECTORALIS MAJOR MUSCLE; PELVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES COMPARISON; TENDON; TERRESTRIAL SPECIES;

ALLIGATORS AND CROCODILES; ANIMALS; BODY MASS INDEX; EVOLUTION; FORELIMB; GAIT; HINDLIMB; LOCOMOTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL;

ALLIGATOR MISSISSIPPIENSIS; ANIMALIA; CROCODYLIDAE (ALL CROCODILES); MAMMALIA;

EID: 77951943408     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: 14697580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2009.01202.x     Document Type: Article

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