Evolution of limb bone loading and body size in varanid lizards

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 214, Issue 18, 2011, Pages 3013-3020

  Clemente, Christofer J ^a   Withers, Philip C ^b   Thompson, Graham ^c   Lloyd, David ^d  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Gait; Locomotion; Posture; Scaling; Varanidae

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY POSTURE; BODY SIZE; BONE; EVOLUTION; FEMUR; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; LIMB; LIZARD; MECHANICAL TORSION; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ROTATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; WEIGHT BEARING;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BIOMECHANICS; BODY SIZE; BONE AND BONES; EXTREMITIES; FEMUR; LIZARDS; PHYLOGENY; POSTURE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ROTATION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TORSION, MECHANICAL; WEIGHT-BEARING;

MAMMALIA; SQUAMATA; SYNAPSIDA; VARANIDAE;

EID: 80052252151     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.059345     Document Type: Article

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