Mouse Shoulder Morphology Responds to Locomotor Activity and the Kinematic Differences of Climbing and Running

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution

Volumn 318, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 621-638

  Green, David J ^a,b,c   Richmond, Brian G ^b,c,d   Miran, Sara L ^c  

^a MIDWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; FORELIMB; HISTOLOGY; INNERVATION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; RUNNING; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; FORELIMB; MICE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RUNNING;

ELAGATIS; MUS; PRIMATES;

EID: 84870395992     PISSN: 15525007     EISSN: 15525015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.b.22466     Document Type: Article

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