Fast running restricts evolutionary change of the vertebral column in mammals

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 111, Issue 31, 2014, Pages 11401-11406

  Galis, Frietson ^a   Carrier, David R ^b   Van Alphen, Joris ^a   Van Der Mije, Steven D ^a   Van Dooren, Tom J M ^a,c   Metz, Johan A J ^a,d   Ten Broek, Clara M A ^a,e  

^a NATURALIS BIODIVERSITY CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Body plans; Eco Evo Devo; Evolutionary conservation; Locomotion; Musculoskeletal system; Stabilizing selection

Indexed keywords

AFROTHERIA; ARTICLE; ARTIODACTYLA; CARNIVORE; MAMMAL; MONOTREMATE; NONHUMAN; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUNNING; SACRUM; SPINE; SURVIVAL; TRUNK;

BODY PLANS; ECO-EVO-DEVO; EVOLUTIONARY CONSERVATION; LOCOMOTION; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; STABILIZING SELECTION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; BODY SIZE; INBREEDING; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAMMALS; RUNNING; SACRUM; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPINE;

EID: 84905657947     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1401392111     Document Type: Article

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