Comparative anatomy of the felid brachial plexus reflects differing hunting strategies between Pantherinae (snow leopard, Panthera uncia) and Felinae (domestic cat, Felis catus)

Margaret I. Hall; Tyler Lindvall; Ana Suarez-Venot; Dominik Valdez; Heather F. Smith

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0289660

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Comparative anatomy of the felid brachial plexus reflects differing hunting strategies between Pantherinae (snow leopard, Panthera uncia) and Felinae (domestic cat, Felis catus)

Margaret I. Hall,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft

Affiliations Department of Anatomy, College of Graduate Studies, Midwestern University, Glendale, Arizona, United States of America, Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine, Midwestern University, Glendale, Arizona, United States of America, College of Veterinary Medicine, Midwestern University, Glendale, Arizona, United States of America
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Tyler Lindvall,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine, Midwestern University, Glendale, Arizona, United States of America
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Ana Suarez-Venot,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine, Midwestern University, Glendale, Arizona, United States of America
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Dominik Valdez,

Roles Resources, Software, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Anatomy, College of Graduate Studies, Midwestern University, Glendale, Arizona, United States of America
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Heather F. Smith

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

* E-mail: hsmith@midwestern.edu

Affiliations Department of Anatomy, College of Graduate Studies, Midwestern University, Glendale, Arizona, United States of America, Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine, Midwestern University, Glendale, Arizona, United States of America, College of Veterinary Medicine, Midwestern University, Glendale, Arizona, United States of America, School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3738-0903

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Comparative anatomy of the felid brachial plexus reflects differing hunting strategies between Pantherinae (snow leopard, Panthera uncia) and Felinae (domestic cat, Felis catus)

Margaret I. Hall,
Tyler Lindvall,
Ana Suarez-Venot,
Dominik Valdez,
Heather F. Smith

Published: August 9, 2023
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0289660

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