Mechanical properties of very young bone in the axis deer (<em>Axis axis</em>) and humans

Currey, J. D.; Pond, Caroline M.

Affiliations

¹Department of Biology, University of York, York YO1 5DD

²Department of Biology, The Open University, Milton Keynes MK7 6AA

Abstract

The mechanical properties of bone from a pregnant axis deer, her full-term foetus, three young children, and an adult man, were compared. The properties of the bone of the foetal deer were more similar to those of the man than to those of the children, and corresponded to the high degree of mineralization of the foetal bone. These properties accord with the different habits and selective pressures acting on children, and on neonatal deer.

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DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.1989.tb02525.x

WoS: A1989AE87000006

History

Accepted: 1988-07-05

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