Cranial suture complexity in white-taile
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Christopher W. Nicolay; Mark J. Vaders
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Article
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2006
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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Neurocranial expansion and mastication are commonly implicated as the two major biomechanical factors affecting suture morphology. In deer the antlers provide an additional source of biomechanical stress acting on the skull. Equivalent stresses are not found in females, who lack antlers. We analyzed