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Evolutionary Approach of Masticatory Motor Patterns in Mammals

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Book cover Biomechanics of Feeding in Vertebrates

Part of the book series: Advances in Comparative and Environmental Physiology ((COMPARATIVE,volume 18))

Abstract

The diversity of mammalian masticatory systems has attracted considerable attention for a long time. In the first half of this century, numerous descriptive studies appeared, including comparative ones, e.g. Fiedler (1953, Insectivora); Starck (1933, platyrrhine primates; 1935, ursids); Storch (1968, Chiroptera); later, significant studies were published by Gaspard et al. (1976), Schumacher (1961) and Turnbull (1970). Bluntschli (1929) and followers (Müller 1933; Zey 1939) published morphological papers, taking into account postnatal development.

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Weijs, W.A. (1994). Evolutionary Approach of Masticatory Motor Patterns in Mammals. In: Bels, V.L., Chardon, M., Vandewalle, P. (eds) Biomechanics of Feeding in Vertebrates. Advances in Comparative and Environmental Physiology, vol 18. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-57906-6_10

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