In vivo locomotor strain in the hindlimb bones ofAlligator mississippiensisandIguana iguana: implications for the evolution of limb bone safety factor and non-sprawling limb posture

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Locomotory Stresses in the Limb Bones of Two Small Mammals: The Ground Squirrel and Chipmunk

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Quadrupedal and Bipedal Locomotion of Lizards

1952 • 101 citations

Telemetered in vivo strain analysis of locomotor mechanics of brachiating gibbons

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The hind limb step cycle of Caiman sclerops and the mechanics of the crocodile tarsus and metatarsus

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