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Deciphering the influence of evolutionary legacy and functional constraints on the patella: an example in modern rhinoceroses amongst perissodactyls

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By Vera MC, Alexander RM, Allen VR, Russell DA
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Deciphering the influence of evolutionary legacy and functional constraints on the patella: an example in modern rhinoceroses amongst perissodactyls 1Faculty of Engineering, University of Mons, Department of Geology and Applied Geology, Mons, Belgium 2Institute of Natural Sciences, Operational Directorate Earth and History of Life, Brussels, Belgium 3Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Mécanismes adaptatifs et évolution (MECADEV), UMR 7179, MNHN, CNRS, Paris, France DOI 10.7717/peerj.18067...
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An overview of the osseous palmar sesamoid in Anura, with the particular case of some Rhinella species

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By Vera MC, Miranda RM, Vera Candioti F, Gregory PB
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Material and Methods Thirteen all adults specimens of eight species of Rhinella were dissected for this study belonging to institutional herpetological collections from Fundacion Miguel Lillo, CICyTTP-CONICET (DIAM) and L. Ponssa’s personal collection (Material S1). Since the material used was already deposited in collections, our study did not raise ethical concerns.
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Evolution of the patella and patelloid in marsupial mammals

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By Vera MC, Amador LI, Ponssa ML, Alexander RM
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Introduction Having diverged from the common ancestor of therian mammals during the late Jurassic period, some 160 million years ago (Bi et al., 2014; Fig. 1), marsupials are a diverse and biologically fascinating group of mammals. A hallmark of marsupials is their developmental strategy: marsupials have relatively short gestation periods, after which the newborn crawls to the teat for a prolonged lactation phase, typically within a pouch (Aplin & Archer, 1987).
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Delimiting the boundaries of sesamoid identities under the network theory framework

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By Ponssa ML, Vera MC, Amador LI, Astley HC
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Introduction Sesamoids have been intriguing scientists since the beginning of the last century (Abdala et al., 2019). No clear consensus exists regarding their identity nor their membership to the canonical skeleton. Sesamoids definitions, often, rely not only on their intrinsic properties but also have strong references to their connections to surrounding tissues (Didomenico et al., 2014; Regnault, Hutchinson & Jones, 2016).
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