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Muscle fibre and tendon lengths in primate extremities

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The dimensions of the distal leg muscles in ten different primate species were examined, in order to determine whether locomotor specialisation is reflected in the fibre and tendon lenghts of the muscles. A non-primate was included in the study for comparison. The locomotor specialisations which the investigated species displayed were leaping, quadrupedal walking or running on the ground and brachiation.

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  1. Abteilung für Funktionelle Morphologie, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Gebäude MA 0/44, D-4630, Bochum 1, Germany

    Holger Preuschoft

  2. Department of Anatomy, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK

    David J. Chivers

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Rauwerdink, G.P. (1993). Muscle fibre and tendon lengths in primate extremities. In: Preuschoft, H., Chivers, D.J. (eds) Hands of Primates. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-6914-8_14

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