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Grasping Appendages

Grasping Appendages is a morphological construct in evolutionary and functional morphology that denotes specialized limb structures characterized by the capacity to enclose, hold, or manipulate objects through opposed digits or flexible articulations, distinguishing them from locomotory or sensory appendages by their adaptive configuration for object interaction.

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2017–2026

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The arthropod <i>Sidneyia inexpectans</i> , Middle Cambrian, Burgess Shale, British Columbia

David L. Bruton · Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 1981 · 123 citations

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Why the seahorse tail is square

Michael M. Porter, Dominique Adriaens, Ross L. Hatton et al. · Science · 2015 · 115 citations · Full text

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Orang-like manual adaptations in the fossil hominoid <i>Hispanopithecus laietanus</i> : first steps towards great ape suspensory behaviours

Sergio Almécija, David M. Alba, Salvador Moyà‐Solà et al. · Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · 2007 · 112 citations

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The grasping behaviour, locomotion and substrate use of the tree shrews <i>Tupaia minor</i> and <i>T. tana</i> (Mammalia, Scandentia)

Eric J. Sargis · Journal of Zoology · 2001 · 94 citations

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Stick or grip? Co-evolution of adhesive toepads and claws in Anolis lizards

Kristen E. Crandell, Anthony Herrel, Mahmood Sasa et al. · Zoology · 2014 · 75 citations · Full text

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Authors

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  1. AH
    Anthony Herrel

    University of Antwerp, Belgium

    4 publications · 180 citations

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    Dionisios Youlatos

    Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece

    2 publications · 65 citations

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  3. AS
    Adriana S. Manzano

    Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Argentina

    1 publications · 43 citations

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  4. CH
    Carolin Haug

    Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany

    1 publications · 67 citations

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  5. LR
    Leszek Rychlik

    Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Poland

    1 publications · 20 citations

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Institutions

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  1. Ghent University

    Ghent, Belgium

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    190 citations

  2. Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

    Thessaloniki, Greece

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    105 citations

  3. Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry

    Martinsried, Germany

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    134 citations

  4. Museum Of Northern Arizona

    Flagstaff, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    24 citations

  5. University of Oslo

    Oslo, Norway

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    123 citations

  6. Kent State University

    Kent, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    37 citations

  7. École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

    Lausanne, Switzerland

    1 h-index

    3 publications

    111 citations

  8. Institute of Paleobiology

    Warsaw, Poland

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    30 citations

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  1. Journal of Human Evolution

    JHE · 2 publications · 65 citations

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  3. Journal of Zoology

    2 publications · 140 citations

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  4. Zoological Letters

    1 publications · 67 citations

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  5. Journal of Anatomy

    1 publications · 57 citations

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