Packing a pinch: Functional implications of chela shapes in scorpions using finite element analysis

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 220, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 423-434

  van der Meijden, Arie ^a   Kleinteich, Thomas ^b,c   Coelho, Pedro ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGAÇÃO EM BIODIVERSIDADE E RECURSOS GENÉTICOS   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Finite element analysis; Independent contrasts; Scorpiones

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BURROWING SPECIES; CALCULATION; CHELA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFENSIVE BEHAVIOR; ECOLOGY; FINGER; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; LOADING TEST; MITOCHONDRIAL GENE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORPION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; STRESS;

ANIMALS; EXTREMITIES; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; SCORPIONS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TENSILE STRENGTH; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

SCORPIONES;

EID: 84859443060     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: 14697580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2012.01485.x     Document Type: Article

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