Functional adaptations in the forelimb muscles of non-human great apes

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 220, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 13-28

  Myatt, Julia P ^a   Crompton, Robin H ^b   Payne Davis, Rachel C ^c   Vereecke, Evie E ^d   Isler, Karin ^e   Savage, Russell ^b   D'Août, Kristiaan ^f   Günther, Michael M ^b   Thorpe, Susannah K S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Locomotion; Positional behaviour; Primate; Scaling

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; ANALYSIS OF COVARIANCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; APE; ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; CHIMPANZEE; CYTOARCHITECTURE; DATA ANALYSIS; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; FEMALE; FORELIMB; GORILLA; HABITAT; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; ORANG UTAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE SIZE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; FEMALE; FORELIMB; GORILLA GORILLA; HOMINIDAE; LOCOMOTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PAN PANISCUS; PAN TROGLODYTES; PONGO PYGMAEUS;

HOMINIDAE; PAN; PONGO PYGMAEUS; PRIMATES;

EID: 83255193948     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: 14697580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2011.01443.x     Document Type: Article

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