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Evolution of the patellar sesamoid bone in mammals

2017-02-08

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The patella is a sesamoid bone located in the major extensor tendon of the knee joint, in the hindlimb of many tetrapods. Although numerous aspects of knee morphology are ancient and conserved among most tetrapods, the evolutionary occurrence of the patella is highly variable. Among extant (crown clade) groups it is found in most birds, most lizards, the monotreme mammals and almost all placental mammals, but it i...

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Literature Corpus work: 34064222-1046-5b43-a53d-b074f0c9f294
DOI: 10.7287/peerj.preprints.2594v2

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