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The gibbon's Achilles tendon revisited: consequences for the evolution of the great apes?

The well-developed Achilles tendon in humans is generally interpreted as an adaptation for mechanical energy storage and reuse during cyclic locomotion. All other extant great apes have a short tendon and long-fibred triceps surae, which is thought to be beneficial for locomotion in a complex arbore...

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Опубликовано в: :Proc Biol Sci
Главные авторы: Aerts, Peter, D'Août, Kristiaan, Thorpe, Susannah, Berillon, Gilles, Vereecke, Evie
Формат: Artigo
Язык:Inglês
Опубликовано: The Royal Society 2018
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Online-ссылка:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6015853/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29899076
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2018.0859
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