On the inference of function from structure using biomechanical modelling and simulation of extinct organisms

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• Publication year

  2012

• Venue

  Biology Letters

• Publication date

  2012-02-23

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1098/rsbl.2011.0399PMID 21666064PMCID PMC3259946
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