Rudimentary pedal grasping in mice and implications for terminal branch arboreal quadrupedalism

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 272, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 230-240

  Byron, Craig ^a   Kunz, Hawley ^a   Matuszek, Heather ^a   Lewis, Stephanie ^a   Van Valkinburgh, Daniel ^a  

^a MERCER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arboreality; Climbing; Euarchonta; Mouse; Pedal grasping

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; BONE; EVOLUTION; FOOT; HISTOLOGY; INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH MOUSE; LIMB; LOCOMOTION; MALE; METACARPAL BONE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; TAIL; TALUS;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BONE AND BONES; EXTREMITIES; FOOT; LOCOMOTION; MALE; METACARPAL BONES; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; MOTOR ACTIVITY; POSTURE; TAIL; TALUS;

EUTHERIA; MAMMALIA; MUS;

EID: 78650922821     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: 10974687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.10909     Document Type: Article

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