Mechanics of evolutionary digit reduction in fossil horses (Equidae)
Mechanics of evolutionary digit reduction in fossil horses (Equidae)
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England: The Royal Society
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English
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Digit reduction is a major trend that characterizes horse evolution, but its causes and consequences have rarely been quantitatively tested. Using beam analysis on fossilized centre metapodials, we tested how locomotor bone stresses changed with digit reduction and increasing body size across the horse lineage. Internal bone geometry was captured f...
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Mechanics of evolutionary digit reduction in fossil horses (Equidae)
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TN_cdi_proquest_journals_1983936430
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_journals_1983936430
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0962-8452
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1471-2954
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10.1098/rspb.2017.1174
