Origins of grasping and locomotor adaptations in primates: Comparative and experimental approaches using an opossum model

PRIMATE ORIGINS: Adaptations and Evolution

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 329-380

  Lemelin, P ^a   Schmitt, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-33507-0_10     Document Type: Chapter

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