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The vertebral column and its high evolutionary potential is considered to be of central importance for the evolution of vertebrates, which is why the constancy is both puzzling and important.

Fast running restricts evolutionary change of the vertebral column in mammals. PNAS, 2014 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1401392111 ...

The vertebral column must be rigid & the girdles and legs sturdy and firmly connected with the vertebral column. Without these features, a terrestrial vertebrate cannot stand. Lungs and a pulmonary ...

Type 2 diabetes alters the behavior of disks in the vertebral column, making them stiffer, and also causes the disks to change shape earlier than normal. As a result, the disk's ability to ...

The lumbosacral joint, the connection between the vertebral column and the hips, has to be very flexible in fast running mammals with an agile lifestyle, and any mutations which reduce this ...

New perspective on snake evolution Date: January 5, 2015 Source: University of Nebraska-Lincoln Summary: Snakes may not have shoulders, but their bodies aren't as simple as commonly thought ...

How many bones are there in the human body? An adult skeleton contains 206 distinct bones: 26 in the vertebral columns, eight in the cranium, 14 in the face, seven other skull bones, 25 in the ...