Rhythmic chew cycles with distinct fast and slow phases are ancestral to gnathostomes

BA Richard, M Spence… - … of the Royal …, 2023 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Intra-oral food processing, including chewing, is important for safe swallowing and efficient
nutrient assimilation across tetrapods. Gape cycles in tetrapod chewing consist of four …

Introduction: food processing and nutritional assimilation in animals

MF Laird, CF Ross, V Kang… - … Transactions of the …, 2023 - royalsocietypublishing.org
How animals process and absorb nutrients from their food is a fundamental question in
biology. Despite the continuity and interaction between intraoral food processing and post …