Evolutionary BiologybioRxiv
Limb bone scaling in hopping macropods and quadrupedal artiodactyls
M. Doube, A. A. Felder, M. Y. Chua…·S. J. Shefelbine
The paper compares bone scaling in hopping macropods and quadrupedal artiodactyls to assess how gait type influences bone adaptation to mechanical loads.
DOI 10.1098/rsos.180152