Gradual adaptation of bone structure to aquatic lifestyle in extinct sloths from Peru

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 281, Issue 1782, 2014, Pages

  Amson, Eli ^a   de Muizon, Christian ^a   Laurin, Michel ^a   Argot, Christine ^a   de Buffrénil, Vivian ^a  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Aquatic adaptation; Bone histology; Bone microstructure; Exaptation; Osteosclerosis; Xenarthra

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; BONE; EXTINCTION; HISTOLOGY; MAMMAL; MICROSTRUCTURE; NEOGENE; OSTEOLOGY; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ANIMAL; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENT; FORELIMB; HINDLIMB; LIZARD; LOCOMOTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; VIDEORECORDING;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENT; FORELIMB; HINDLIMB; LIZARDS; LOCOMOTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSIOLOGY; VIDEO RECORDING;

ICA; PERU; PISCO;

EID: 84898713483     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2014.0192     Document Type: Article

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