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Picasso, Mariana Beatriz Julieta
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Mosto, María Clelia
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Tudisca, Alejandro M.
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2023-12-26T11:18:31Z
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2023-05
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Picasso, Mariana Beatriz Julieta; Mosto, María Clelia; Tudisca, Alejandro M.; The feeding apparatus of Rhea americana (Aves, Palaeognathae): Jaw myology and ontogenetic allometry; Wiley-liss, div John Wiley & Sons Inc.; Journal of Morphology; 284; 7; 5-2023; 1-13
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0362-2525
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http://hdl.handle.net/11336/221315
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In birds, the jaw musculature is a crucial adaptive feature involved in feeding. The morphological traits and postnatal growth patterns of jaw muscles constitute a useful proxy to interpret feeding function and ecology. This study aims to describe the jaw muscles of Rhea americana and explore their postnatal growth pattern. A total of 20 specimens of R. americana representing four ontogenetic stages were studied. Jaw muscles were described, weighed and their proportions with respect to body mass were calculated. Linear regression analysis was used to characterize ontogenetic scaling patterns. The morphological patterns of jaw muscles were characterized by their simplicity: bellies with few or no subdivisions and similar to those described for other flightless paleognathous birds. In all stages, the muscles pterygoideus lateralis, depressor mandibulae, and pseudotemporalis had the greatest mass values. The proportion of total jaw muscle mass decreased with age from 0.22% in 1-month-old chicks to 0.05% in adults. Linear regression analysis showed that all muscles scaled with negative allometry with respect to body mass. The progressive decrease of jaw muscle mass relative to body mass in adults could be related to the generation of less force, which is in accordance with the herbivorous diet of adults. In contrast, the diet of rhea chicks includes a large proportion of insects thus, this greater muscle proportion could be associated with the ability to generate more force, thus providing better abilities to grasp and hold more mobile prey.
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application/pdf
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eng
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Wiley-liss, div John Wiley & Sons Inc.
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info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess
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https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ar/
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JAW MUSCLE MASS
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POSTNATAL GROWTH PATTERN
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RHEIDAE
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Zoología, Ornitología, Entomología, Etología
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Ciencias Biológicas
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CIENCIAS NATURALES Y EXACTAS
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The feeding apparatus of Rhea americana (Aves, Palaeognathae): Jaw myology and ontogenetic allometry
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info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo
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info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
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2023-12-22T11:33:12Z
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1097-4687
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284
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7
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1-13
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Estados Unidos
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Fil: Picasso, Mariana Beatriz Julieta. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo. Departamento Científico Zoología Vertebrados; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata; Argentina
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Fil: Mosto, María Clelia. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo. Departamento Científico Zoología Vertebrados; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata; Argentina
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Fil: Tudisca, Alejandro M.. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo. Departamento Científico Zoología Vertebrados; Argentina
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Journal of Morphology
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info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jmor.21596
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info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jmor.21596
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