Ontogenetic changes in the long bone microstructure in the nine-banded armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus)

• Christian Thomas Heck ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Christian Thomas Heck, David J. Varricchio

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: ctheck@okstate.edu

  Affiliation Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences, Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3252-1698

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• David J. Varricchio ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Christian Thomas Heck, David J. Varricchio

  Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Earth Sciences, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, United States of America

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• Timothy J. Gaudin ,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Biology, Geology, and Environmental Science, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States of America

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• Holly N. Woodward ,

  Roles Methodology, Project administration, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences, Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States of America

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• John R. Horner

  Roles Project administration, Supervision, Validation

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Chapman University, Orange, California, United States of America

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