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SUBMITTER: Ferreira GS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7099039 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ferreira Gabriel S GS Lautenschlager Stephan S Evers Serjoscha W SW Pfaff Cathrin C Kriwet Jürgen J Raselli Irena I Werneburg Ingmar I
Scientific reports 20200326 1
The origin of turtles is one of the most long-lasting debates in evolutionary research. During their evolution, a series of modifications changed their relatively kinetic and anapsid skull into an elongated akinetic structure with a unique pulley system redirecting jaw adductor musculature. These modifications were thought to be strongly correlated to functional adaptations, especially to bite performance. We conducted a series of Finite Element Analyses (FEAs) of several species, including that ...[more]