Jack-of-all-trades master of all? Snake vertebrae have a generalist inner organization

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 100, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 997-1006

  Houssaye, Alexandra ^a,b   Boistel, Renaud ^c   Böhme, Wolfgang ^d   Herrel, Anthony ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

^d ZOOLOGISCHES FORSCHUNGSMUSEUM ALEXANDER KOENIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Generalist; Locomotor adaptation; Microanatomy; Snakes; Vertebrae

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; GENERALIST; HABITAT TYPE; LIZARD; LOCOMOTION; MORPHOLOGY; SNAKE; SPECIALIZATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; HISTOLOGY; SNAKE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPINE;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; SNAKES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPINE;

EID: 84890522900     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-013-1102-x     Document Type: Article

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