The shrew tamed by Wolff's law: Do functional constraints shape the skull through muscle and bone covariation?

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 276, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 301-309

  Cornette, Raphaël ^a   Tresset, Anne ^a   Herrel, Anthony ^a,b  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

3D geometric morphometrics; Bite force; Feeding apparatus; Mammals

Indexed keywords

MAMMALIA; SORICIDAE;

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; BIOMECHANICS; EVOLUTION; JAW; MANDIBLE; MASSETER MUSCLE; MASTICATION; MASTICATORY MUSCLE; PHYSIOLOGY; SHREW; SKULL; TEMPORALIS MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; BITE FORCE; JAW; MANDIBLE; MASSETER MUSCLE; MASTICATORY MUSCLES; SHREWS; SKULL; TEMPORAL MUSCLE;

EID: 84923012749     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: 10974687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.20339     Document Type: Article

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