Human beings have been credited with unparalleled capabilities for digital prehension
grasping. However, grasping behaviour is widespread among tetrapods. The propensity to …

Along with supernumerary bones, sesamoids, defined as any organized intratendinous/
intraligamentous structure, including those composed of fibrocartilage, adjacent to an …

Accurate motor performance depends on the integration in spinal microcircuits of sensory
feedback information. Hand grasp is a skilled motor behavior known to require cutaneous …

Morphological features that lead to increased locomotor performance, such as faster sprint
speed, are thought to evolve in concert with habitat use. The latter depends on available …

The central tenet of ecomorphological theory holds that different ecological requirements
lead to different organismal designs (morphology). Here, we studied the relationships …

Chordates comprise lampreys, hagfishes, jawed fishes, and tetrapods, plus a variety of more
unfamiliar and crucially important non-vertebrate animal lineages, such as lancelets and sea …

Raptors exhibit a diversity of strategies to procure their prey but ultimately kill using their
beaks and/or talons. Thus, bite and grip forces are ecologically important variables that have …

Sigmodontine rats are one of the most diverse components of the Neotropical mammal
fauna. They exhibit a wide ecological diversity and a variety of locomotor types that allow …

The limbs of mammals exhibit a variety of morphologies that reflect the diversity of their
habitats and their functional needs, including subtle structural differences in their distal limb …

Jumping consists of a series of complex movements with more variability in landing than in
take-off. Different modes have been described concerning the landing phase, which seems …