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Musculoskeletal networks reveal topological disparity in mammalian neck evolution.

BMC evolutionary biology - 13 Dec 2017

Arnold Patrick, Esteve-Altava Borja, Fischer Martin S

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BACKGROUND: The increase in locomotor and metabolic performance during mammalian evolution was accompanied by the limitation of the number of cervical vertebrae to only seven. In turn, nuchal muscles underwent a reorganization while forelimb muscles expanded into the neck region. As variation in the cervical spine is low, the variation in the arrangement of the neck muscles and their attachment sites (i.e., the...

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PMID: 29237396
DOI: 10.1186/s12862-017-1101-1
PMCID: PMC5729486

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