Functional evolution of the feeding system in rodents

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Cox, Philip G ^a   Rayfield, Emily J ^b   Fagan, Michael J ^c   Herrel, Anthony ^d   Pataky, Todd C ^e   Jeffery, Nathan ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^d MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^e SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOFACIAL MORPHOLOGY; EVOLUTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; GNAWING; GRASS; GUINEA PIG; INCISOR; MASTICATION; MASTICATORY MUSCLE; MECHANICAL STRESS; MOLAR TOOTH; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE FORCE; NONHUMAN; NUT; PLANT SEED; RAT; SCIURIDAE; ANIMAL; EATING; MECHANICS; MUSCLE; PHYSIOLOGY; RODENT; SKULL;

CAVIA; HYSTRICOGNATHI; POACEAE; RATTUS; RODENTIA; SCIURIDAE; SCIUROGNATHI;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BIOMECHANICS; BITE FORCE; EATING; MECHANICAL PROCESSES; MUSCLES; RATS; RODENTIA; SKULL; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 84860464120     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0036299     Document Type: Article

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