Secondary Osteons Scale Allometrically In Mammalian Humerus And Femur
A. A. Felder, C. Phillips, H. Cornish, M. Cooke, J. R. Hutchinson, M. Doube
The paper measures secondary osteon dimensions in mammalian bones and finds they scale negatively with body mass, suggesting trade-offs between fracture resistance and osteocyte viability.
bioRxiv · Apr 30, 2017Zoology