Arboreal environments require overcoming navigational challenges not typically
encountered in other terrestrial habitats. Supports are unevenly distributed and vary in …

Arboreal supports impose a set of locomotor challenges not typically encountered in other
terrestrial ecosystems. Because all arboreal animals must negotiate this common set of …

The biomechanical demands of arboreal locomotion are generally thought to necessitate
specialized kinetic and kinematic gait characteristics. While such data have been widely …

Mustn1, a gene expressed exclusively in the musculoskeletal system, was shown in
previous in vitro studies to be a key regulator of myogenic differentiation and myofusion …

Therian mammals are known to move their forelimbs in a parasagittal plane, retracting the
mobilised scapula during stance phase. Non-cursorial therian mammals often abduct the …

Semi‐arboreal mammals must routinely cope with the differing biomechanical challenges of
terrestrial versus arboreal locomotion; however, it is not clear to what extent semi‐arboreal …

Vertebrate musculoskeletal locomotion is realized through lever-arm systems. The
instantaneous muscle moment arm (IMMA), which is expected to be under selective …

Many of the squirrel‐related rodents (ie, Sciuromorpha) are tree‐dwelling species known to
be very agile climbers. This taxon also includes the most diverse clade of gliding (aerial) …

Whether and how poikilothermic animals change their thermal performance to cope with
global warming are crucial questions to predict the future of biodiversity. Intraspecific …