Dynamic changes in jaw movements and bite forces depend on muscle architectural and
neural factors that have rarely been compared within the same muscle. Here we investigate …

Didelphis virginiana (the Virginia opossum) is often used as an extant model for
understanding feeding behaviour in Mesozoic mammaliaforms, primarily due to their …

Tongue function is vital for chewing and swallowing and lingual dysfunction is often
associated with dysphagia. Better treatment of dysphagia depends on a better …

Closed kinematic chains (CKCs), links connected to form one or more closed loops, are
used as simple models of musculoskeletal systems (eg the four-bar linkage). Previous …

The tradeoff between force and velocity in skeletal muscle is a fundamental constraint on
vertebrate musculoskeletal design (form: function relationships). Understanding how and …

How animals process and absorb nutrients from their food is a fundamental question in
biology. Despite the continuity and interaction between intraoral food processing and post …

In primates and other mammals, the capacity to generate a wide maximum jaw gape is an
important performance variable related to both feeding and nonfeeding oral behaviors, such …

Marker tracking is a major bottleneck in studies involving X-ray reconstruction of moving
morphology (XROMM). Here, we tested whether DeepLabCut, a new deep learning …

Numerous studies have sought to link craniofacial morphology with behavioral ecology in
primates. Extant hard‐object feeders have been of particular interest because of their …

Jaw-muscle architecture is a key determinant of jaw movements and bite force. While static
length-force and force-velocity relationships are well documented in mammals, architecture …