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Mechanical properties of very young bone in the axis deer ( Axis axis ) and humans
Author(s) -
CURREY J. D.,
POND CAROLINE M.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
journal of zoology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.915
H-Index - 96
eISSN - 1469-7998
pISSN - 0952-8369
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-7998.1989.tb02525.x
Subject(s) - biology , long axis , anatomy , mineralization (soil science) , bone development , zoology , physiology , ecology , endocrinology , geometry , mathematics , soil water
The mechanical properties of bone from a pregnant axis deer, her full‐term foetus, three young children, and an adult man, were compared. The properties of the bone of the foetal deer were more similar to those of the man than to those of the children, and corresponded to the high degree of mineralization of the foetal bone. These properties accord with the different habits and selective pressures acting on children, and on neonatal deer.