C. Gans

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Biomechanics: Motion, Flow, Stress, and Growth
Motion.- Segmental Movement and Vibrations.- External Flow: Dynamic Forces Acting on Moving Bodies.- Flying and Swimming.- Blood Flow in Heart, Lung, Arteries, and Veins.- Micro- and… Expand
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Neural Crest and the Origin of Vertebrates: A New Head
Most of the morphological and functional differences between vertebrates and other chordates occur in the head and are derived embryologically from muscularized hypomere, neural crest, and epidermal… Expand
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Fiber architecture and muscle function.
  • C. Gans
  • Medicine
  • Exercise and sport sciences reviews
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Biomechanics: An Approach to Vertebrate Biology
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Tetrapod Limblessness: Evolution and Functional Corollaries
Multiple lines of tetrapods show reduced limbs or their loss. Such patterns are in diverse lines associated with multiple other characteristics. Only bodily elongation represents a common… Expand
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Mastication in the tuatara, Sphenodon punctatus (reptilia: Rhynchocephalia): Structure and activity of the motor system
The masticatory pattern of Sphenodon punctatus, the sole remaining rhynchocephalian, now restricted to islands off the coast of New Zealand, has been analyzed by detailed anatomy, cinematography,… Expand
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The Genesis of Neural Crest and Epidermal Placodes: A Reinterpretation of Vertebrate Origins
Vertebrate body organization differs from that of other chordates in a large number of derived features that involve all organ systems. Most of these features arise embryonically from epidermal… Expand
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CHECKLIST AND BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE AMPHISBAENIA OF THE WORLD
Abstract A checklist of the Amphisbaenidae is presented. A total of 190 species are included, distributed in four families as follows: Amphisbaenidae (178 species in 18 genera), Bipedidae (3 species… Expand
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Implications of the late Palaeozoic oxygen pulse for physiology and evolution
The late Palaeozoic was marked by significant changes in atmospheric chemistry and biotic composition. Geochemical models suggest a marked increase and then decline of atmospheric oxygen and… Expand
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The functional significance of muscle architecture--a theoretical analysis.
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