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University of Michigan: How Evolution Overshot The Optimum Bone Structure In Hopping Rodents
October 18, 2022
ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Oct. 18 (TNSjou) -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release:

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Bones that are separate in small jerboas are fully fused in large ones, but the bone structures that are best at dissipating the stresses of jumping are only partially fused

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Foot bones that are separate in small hopping rodents are fused in their larger cousins, and a team of researchers at the University of Michigan and University . . .

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