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Forelimb kinematics during swimming in the pig-nosed turtle, Carettochelys insculpta, compared with other turtle taxa: rowing versus flapping, convergence versus intermediacy

Animals that swim using appendages do so by way of rowing and/or flapping motions. Often considered discrete categories, rowing and flapping are more appropriately regarded as points along a continuum. The pig-nosed turtle, Carettochelys insculpta, is unusual in that it is the only freshwater turtle...

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Main Authors: Rivera, Angela R. V., Rivera, Gabriel, Blob, Richard W.
Formato: Artigo
Idioma:Inglês
Publicado: Company of Biologists 2013
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Acceso en liña:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3561774/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23125335
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1242/jeb.079715
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