title: Adaptation in the vertebral column: a comparative study of patterns of metameric variation in seven species of small mammals.
abstract: The pattern of variation of certain vertebral measurements along the vertebral column is known to differ in man and mouse. This paper investigates changes in this pattern in 7 species of small mammals and attempts to correlate them with locomotor adaptations and limb dimensions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy, Iwate Medical University, Morioka, Japan.
authors.forename: M Y
authors.initials: MY
authors.lastname: Kida
authors.forename: D R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: T J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: McAndrew
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: O'Higgins
mesh_terms: D000222:Adaptation, Physiological; D000818:Animals; D005849:Gerbillinae / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D006811:Humerus / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D008124:Locomotion; D008322:Mammals / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D051379:Mice; D009115:Muridae / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D011817:Rabbits; D051381:Rats; D012589:Sciuridae / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D012788:Shrews / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D013115:Spinal Canal / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D013131:Spine / Q000033:anatomy & histology*