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The role of the vertebral column during jumping in quadrupedal mammals

Creator:

Harty, Tyson H.

Abstract:

Little, if any, quantifications have been made on the contribution of the vertebral column during jumping in quadrupedal mammals. Previous studies of jumpers have focused on the morphological and physiological specializations of the hindlimbs. In this study, such specialization was measured during the supramaximal jumps of the Pacific jumping mouse...

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Dissertation

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Patterns and mechanisms : postcopulatory sexual selection and sexual conflict in a novel mating system

Creator:

Friesen, Christopher R.

Abstract:

Postcopulatory sexual selection—sperm competition and cryptic female choice—has become a major area of research over the past 40 years. Within this field there are many outstanding questions at every level of analysis, from proximate to ultimate. The fitness consequences for both sexes in the period after copulation and before fertilization...

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Dissertation