Adaptation in the Vertebral Column: a Comparative Study of Patterns of Metameric Variation in Seven Species of Small Mammals

Overview

Journal J Anat

Specialty Anatomy & Histology

Date 1999 May 25

PMID 10337952

Citations 1

Authors

M Y Kida

D R Johnson

T J McAndrew

P OHiggins

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Abstract

The pattern of variation of certain vertebral measurements along the vertebral column is known to differ in man and mouse. This paper investigates changes in this pattern in 7 species of small mammals and attempts to correlate them with locomotor adaptations and limb dimensions.

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