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Functional anatomy of the gibbon forelimb: adaptations to a brachiating lifestyle

It has been shown that gibbons are able to brachiate with very low mechanical costs. The conversion of muscle activity into smooth, purposeful movement of the limb depends on the morphometry of muscles and their mechanical action on the skeleton. Despite the gibbon's reputation for excellence i...

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Hauptverfasser: Michilsens, Fana, Vereecke, Evie E, D'Août, Kristiaan, Aerts, Peter
Format: Artigo
Sprache:Inglês
Veröffentlicht: Blackwell Science Inc 2009
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Online Zugang:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2750765/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19519640
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7580.2009.01109.x
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