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New insights on equid locomotor evolution from the lumbar region of fossil horses

The specialization of equid limbs for cursoriality is a classic case of adaptive evolution, but the role of the axial skeleton in this famous transition is not well understood. Extant horses are extremely fast and efficient runners, which use a stiff-backed gallop with reduced bending of the lumbar...

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Pubblicato in:Proc Biol Sci
Autore principale: Jones, Katrina Elizabeth
Natura: Artigo
Lingua:Inglês
Pubblicazione: The Royal Society 2016
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Accesso online:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4855377/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27122554
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2015.2947
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