Bipedalism in lizards: whole–body modelling reveals a possible spandrel
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Bipedalism in lizards: whole-body modelling reveals a possible spandrel.
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عنوان ژورنال: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences
سال: 2003
ISSN: 0962-8436,1471-2970
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2003.1342