A new hero emerges: another exceptional mammalian spine and its potential adaptive significance.

Stanley, William T; Robbins, Lynn W; Malekani, Jean M; Mbalitini, Sylvestre Gambalemoke; Migurimu, Dudu Akaibe; Mukinzi, Jean Claude; Hulselmans, Jan; Prévot, Vanya; Verheyen, Erik; Hutterer, Rainer; Doty, Jeffrey B; Monroe, Benjamin P; Nakazawa, Yoshinori J; Braden, Zachary; Carroll, Darin; Peterhans, Julian C Kerbis; Bates, John M; Esselstyn, Jacob A

Stanley, William T; Robbins, Lynn W; Malekani, Jean M; Mbalitini, Sylvestre Gambalemoke; Migurimu, Dudu Akaibe; Mukinzi, Jean Claude; Hulselmans, Jan; Prévot, Vanya; Verheyen, Erik; Hutterer, Rainer; Doty, Jeffrey B; Monroe, Benjamin P; Nakazawa, Yoshinori J; Braden, Zachary; Carroll, Darin; Peterhans, Julian C Kerbis; Bates, John M; Esselstyn, Jacob A.

Affiliation

Stanley WT; Science and Education, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, IL, USA. bstanley@fieldmuseum.org

Biol Lett ; 9(5): 20130486, 2013 Oct 23.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-23883579

Subject(s)

Adaptation, Physiological; Spine/physiology; Animals; Ecosystem; Phylogeny; Shrews; Spine/anatomy & histology

Key words

Scutisorex; functional significance; hero shrew; new species; vertebral column

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