Postnatal growth of forelimb musculo-tendinous systems in sigmodontine rats (Rodentia: Cricetidae)

The musculo-tendinous system is responsible for generating and transmitting forces necessary to produce and control body movements. The focus of this study was to investigate ontogenetic patterns in the growth of forelimb muscles and tendons in 4 sigmodontine rodents (ambulatory Akodon, quadrupedal saltatorial Eligmodontia, scansorial Oligoryzomys, and semifossorial Oxymycterus) and to discover if these patterns differ with respect to...