A three-dimensional analysis of morphological evolution and locomotor performance of the carnivoran forelimb

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Martín Serra, Alberto ^a   Figueirido, Borja ^a   Palmqvist, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL CONCEPTS; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANIMAL STRUCTURES; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CARNIVORA; FORELIMB; LOCOMOTION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MORPHOMETRICS; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TAXONOMY; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; EVOLUTION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CARNIVORA; FORELIMB; LOCOMOTION; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 84898605108     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0085574     Document Type: Article

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