Françoise K. Jouffroy

TL;DR: Analysis based on telemetered electromyography from the quadriceps femoris of Lemur fulvus, a Malagasy prosimian, during walking, galloping, leaping, and a variety of postural behaviors partially confirms and partially contradicts earlier hypothesized functions of this musculoskeletal complex.

TL;DR: This pleasant hard-covered book presents a new attempt to unders tand adapt within the primate order, focusing on prosimians (i.e., the Strepsirhini and tarsiers), using multivariate statistical analysis.

TL;DR: Clear responses to antibodies against adult fast myosin in newborn macaques demonstrated that, at birth, adult myosins have already replaced the fetal isoforms, thus providing a reliable marker for the study of postnatal evolution of the muscle fibre composition.

TL;DR: Using telemetered electromyography and immunocytochemical fibre typing, it is demonstrated clearly that at the elbow, knee, and ankle joints, the rhesus monkey is endowed with one extensor-muscle head specialized for posture.

TL;DR: Analysis of the X-ray suggests that the loss of ulno-carpal contact improved the ability to supinate at the radio-ulnar joints, with correlated unfitness for palmigrade/semidigitigrade walking.