Masticatory motor pattern in the koala (
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Alfred Walter Crompton; Tomasz Owerkowicz; Jayne Skinner
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Article
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2010
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Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
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English
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## Abstract Do closely related marsupial herbivores (Diprotodontia) conserve a common masticatory motor pattern or are motor patterns linked to the structure and function of the masticatory apparatus? We recorded the sequence and duration of activity of the individual jaw closing muscles during rhy