Limb bone scaling in hopping macropods and quadrupedal artiodactyls
M. Doube, A. A. Felder, M. Y. Chua, K. Lodhia, M. M. Kłosowski, J. R. Hutchinson, S. J. Shefelbine
The paper compares bone scaling in hopping macropods and quadrupedal artiodactyls to assess how gait type influences bone adaptation to mechanical loads.
bioRxiv · Apr 28, 2018Evolutionary Biology