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Adaptation in the vertebral column: a comparative study of patterns of metameric variation in seven species of small mammals
Author(s) -
KIDA M. Y.,
JOHNSON D. R.,
McANDREW T. J.,
O'HIGGINS P.
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
journal of anatomy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.932
H-Index - 118
eISSN - 1469-7580
pISSN - 0021-8782
DOI - 10.1046/j.1469-7580.1999.19420207.x
Subject(s) - vertebral column , adaptation (eye) , variation (astronomy) , biology , column (typography) , evolutionary biology , anatomy , geographic variation , spinal column , zoology , neuroscience , computer science , medicine , telecommunications , population , physics , environmental health , frame (networking) , astrophysics , surgery
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.