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Variation in limb loading magnitude and timing in tetrapods.
Granatosky MC, McElroy EJ, Lemelin P, Reilly SM, Nyakatura JA, Andrada E, Kilbourne BM, Allen VR, Butcher MT, Blob RW, Ross CF.
J Exp Biol. 2019 Nov 27. pii: jeb.201525. doi: 10.1242/jeb.201525. [Epub ahead of print]
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