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Swimming and Flying in Vertebrates

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Natural selection over millions of years has ensured that the mechanical systems evolved in swimming and flying vertebrates are highly efficient with regard to the habitat and mode of life for each species.

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  1. Environmental Sciences, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, Port Elizabeth, South Africa

    Theagarten Lingham-Soliar

  2. Life Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa

    Theagarten Lingham-Soliar

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Lingham-Soliar, T. (2015). Swimming and Flying in Vertebrates. In: The Vertebrate Integument Volume 2. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-46005-4_1

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