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Adaptation in the vertebral column: a comparative study of patterns of metameric variation in seven species of small mammals

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 1999

M. Y. KIDA ,
D. R. JOHNSON ,
T. J. McANDREW  and
P. O'HIGGINS
M. Y. KIDA
Affiliation:
Department of Anatomy, Iwate Medical University, Morioka, Japan, and School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Leeds, and Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology, University College London, UK
D. R. JOHNSON
Affiliation:
Department of Anatomy, Iwate Medical University, Morioka, Japan, and School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Leeds, and Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology, University College London, UK
T. J. McANDREW
Affiliation:
Department of Anatomy, Iwate Medical University, Morioka, Japan, and School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Leeds, and Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology, University College London, UK
P. O'HIGGINS
Affiliation:
Department of Anatomy, Iwate Medical University, Morioka, Japan, and School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Leeds, and Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology, University College London, UK
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Abstract

The pattern of variation of certain vertebral measurements along the vertebral column is known to differ in man and mouse. This paper investigates changes in this pattern in 7 species of small mammals and attempts to correlate them with locomotor adaptations and limb dimensions.

Keywords

Osteologyspinelocomotion
Type
Research Article
Information
The Journal of Anatomy , Volume 194 , Issue 2 , February 1999 , pp. 207 - 214
Copyright
© Anatomical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 1999

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