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Acta Zool. 2015 Apr;96(2):225-235. doi: 10.1111/azo.12070. Epub 2014 Feb 10.

Locomotion pattern and trunk musculoskeletal architecture among Urodela.

Acta zoologica (Stockholm, Sweden)

Ayano Omura, Ken-Ichiro Ejima, Kazuya Honda, Wataru Anzai, Yuki Taguchi, Daisuke Koyabu, Hideki Endo

Affiliations

  1. Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University Museum, The University of Tokyo 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-0033, Japan ; The University Museum, The University of Tokyo 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-0033, Japan.
  2. Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology, Nihon University School of Dentistry 1-8-13, Kanda-Surugadai, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 101-8310, Japan.
  3. Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology, Nihon University School of Dentistry 1-8-13, Kanda-Surugadai, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 101-8310, Japan ; Division of Systemic Biology and Oncology, Dental Research Center, Nihon University School of Dentistry 1-8-13, Kanda-Surugadai, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 101-8310, Japan.
  4. The University Museum, The University of Tokyo 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-0033, Japan ; Graduate School of Biological Sciences, The University Museum, The University of Tokyo 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-0033, Japan.
  5. Hiroshima City Asa Zoological Park, Asa-tyou Doubutsuen Asakita-ku, Hiroshima City, Hiroshima, 731-3355, Japan.
  6. The University Museum, The University of Tokyo 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-0033, Japan.

PMID: 25914411 PMCID: PMC4402012 DOI: 10.1111/azo.12070

Abstract

We comparatively examined the trunk musculature and prezygapophyseal angle of mid-trunk vertebra in eight urodele species with different locomotive modes (aquatic

Keywords: Urodela; locomotion; muscle; trunk; vertebra

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