The primate semicircular canal system and locomotion.
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SUBMITTER: Spoor F
PROVIDER: S-EPMC1892787 | biostudies-literature | 2007 Jun
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The primate semicircular canal system and locomotion.
Spoor Fred F Garland Theodore T Krovitz Gail G Ryan Timothy M TM Silcox Mary T MT Walker Alan A
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20070618 26
The semicircular canal system of vertebrates helps coordinate body movements, including stabilization of gaze during locomotion. Quantitative phylogenetically informed analysis of the radius of curvature of the three semicircular canals in 91 extant and recently extinct primate species and 119 other mammalian taxa provide support for the hypothesis that canal size varies in relation to the jerkiness of head motion during locomotion. Primate and other mammalian species studied here that are agile ...[more]
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