Heather Paxton

TL;DR: Estimation of inertial properties for extant and extinct animals found considerable potential methodological errors related to assumed body segment orientation, what frames of reference are used to normalize COM for size‐independent comparisons among animals, and assumptions about tail shape, are found.

TL;DR: The relative reduction in size of the major organs indicates that selective breeding inMeat-producing birds has unintended consequences that may bias these birds toward compromised welfare and could limit further improvements in meat-production and feed efficiency.

TL;DR: A biomechanical analysis of the gait dynamics of the modern broiler and its two pureline commercial broiler breeder lines is presented in order to clarify how changes in basic morphology are associated with the way these chickens walk.

TL;DR: It is shown that elephant limb motions are more similar to those of smaller animals, including humans and horses, than commonly recognized, and obscured by the reliance on the term `columnar' to differentiate elephant limb posture from that of other animals.

TL;DR: This study is the first to measure changes in the musculoskeletal system across growth in chickens, and reveals how artificially selected changes of the morphology of the pectoral apparatus may cause deficits in locomotion.