From fetus to adultβan allometric analys
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Sybrand J. van Sittert; John D. Skinner; Graham Mitchell
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Article
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2010
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract As mammalian cervical vertebral count is almost always limited to seven, the vertebral column of the giraffe (__Giraffa camelopardalis__) provides an interesting study on scaling and adaptation to shape in light of these constraints. We have defined and described the growth rates of the