Humeral epiphyseal shape in the felidae: The influence of phylogeny, allometry, and locomotion

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 273, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1424-1438

  Walmsley, Anthony ^a   Elton, Sarah ^b   Louys, Julien ^c   Bishop, Laura C ^c   Meloro, Carlo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^c LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Allometry; Felidae; Geometric morpho metrics; Humerus; Locomotion; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BONE; CAT; CLASSIFICATION; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; EPIPHYSIS; FELIDAE; HISTOLOGY; HUMERUS; LOCOMOTION; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; BONE AND BONES; CATS; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; EPIPHYSES; FELIDAE; HUMERUS; LOCOMOTION; PHYLOGENY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

FELIDAE; MAMMALIA;

EID: 84869089519     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: 10974687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.20084     Document Type: Article

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