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Testing convergent and parallel adaptations in talpids humeral mechanical performance by means of geometric morphometrics and finite element analysis.

Journal of morphology - 1 Jul 2012

Piras P, Sansalone G, Teresi L, Kotsakis T, Colangelo P, Loy A

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The shape and mechanical performance in Talpidae humeri were studied by means of Geometric Morphometrics and Finite Element Analysis, including both extinct and extant taxa. The aim of this study was to test whether the ability to dig, quantified by humerus mechanical performance, was characterized by convergent or parallel adaptations in different clades of complex tunnel digger within Talpidae, that is,...

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PMID: 22419178
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.20015

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