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Osteological profiling of femoral diaphysis and neck in aquatic, semiaquatic, and terrestrial carnivores and rodents: effects of body size and locomotor habits

Nieminen, Petteri; Finnilä, Mikko A. J.; Hämäläinen, Wilhelmiina; Lehtiniemi, Saara; Jämsä, Timo; Tuukkanen, Juha; Kunnasranta, Mervi; Henttonen, Heikki; Mustonen, Anne-Mari
Journal of comparative physiology B : biochemical, systemic, and environmental physiology (Springer Nature, 2024)

The increased limb bone density documented previously for aquatic tetrapods has been proposed to be an adaptation to overcome buoyancy during swimming and diving. It can be achieved by increasing the amount of bone deposition ...