Comparative limb bone scaling in turtles: Phylogenetic transitions with changes in functional demands?
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DOI: 10.1002/jmor.20968
Abstract: Several terrestrial vertebrate clades include lineages that have evolved nearly exclusive use of aquatic habitats. In many cases, such transitions are associated with the evolution of flattened limbs that are used to swim via dorsoventral… read more here.
Keywords: positive allometry; relative body; limb bone; bone ... See more keywords