Ontogenetic changes in jaw-muscle architecture facilitate durophagy in the turtle Sternotherus minor

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 214, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1655-1667

  Pfaller, Joseph B ^a   Gignac, Paul M ^a   Erickson, Gregory M ^b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Bite force; Feeding; Muscle architecture; Pennation; Turtles

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; JAW; MASTICATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TURTLE;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BITE FORCE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; JAW; MASTICATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; TURTLES;

GASTROPODA; STERNOTHERUS MINOR; TESTUDINES;

EID: 79955605055     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.048090     Document Type: Article

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