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Functional shape of the skull in vertebrates: Which forces determine skull morphology in lower primates and ancestral synapsids?

  1. Holger Preuschoft1,†,*,
  2. Ulrich Witzel2

Article first published online: 7 MAR 2005

DOI: 10.1002/ar.a.20176

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The Anatomical Record Part A: Discoveries in Molecular, Cellular, and Evolutionary Biology

The Anatomical Record Part A: Discoveries in Molecular, Cellular, and Evolutionary Biology

Special Issue: Finite Element Analysis in Vertebrate Biomechanics

Volume 283A, Issue 2, pages 402–413, April 2005

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Preuschoft, H. and Witzel, U. (2005), Functional shape of the skull in vertebrates: Which forces determine skull morphology in lower primates and ancestral synapsids?. Anat. Rec., 283A: 402–413. doi: 10.1002/ar.a.20176

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  1. 1

    Formerly Subdepartment of Functional Anatomy, Anatomisches Institut, Medizinische Fakultät, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bochum, Germany

  2. 2

    Forschungsbereich Biomechanik, Fakultät für Maschinenbau, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bochum, Germany

  1. †

    Fax: 49-234-3214059

*Subdepartment of Functional Anatomy, Anatomisches Institut, Medizinische Fakultät, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bochum, Germany

  1. †

    Fax: 49-234-3214059

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 15 MAR 2005
  2. Article first published online: 7 MAR 2005
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 13 JAN 2005
  4. Manuscript Received: 12 JAN 2005

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