Masticatory motor pattern in the koala (Phascolarctos cinereus): A comparison of jaw movements in marsupial and placental herbivores

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological Genetics and Physiology

Volumn 313 A, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 564-578

  Crompton, Alfred Walter ^a   Owerkowicz, Tomasz ^b,c   Skinner, Jayne ^b,d  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; JAW; KOALA; MASTICATION; MASTICATORY MUSCLE; PHYSIOLOGY; VIDEORECORDING;

ANIMALS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; JAW; MASTICATION; PHASCOLARCTIDAE; PTERYGOID MUSCLES; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

ARTIODACTYLA; DIPROTODONTIA; MACROPODOIDEA; METATHERIA; PHASCOLARCTIDAE; PHASCOLARCTOS CINEREUS; PRIMATES; VOMBATIDAE;

EID: 77958473390     PISSN: 19325223     EISSN: 19325231     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.628     Document Type: Article

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