Avian and Mammalian Bone Aspect Ratios and Muscle Quantification Data

Quantification data underpins a 2026 study on the evolutionary transformation of penguin forelimbs. The dataset contains measurements of bone aspect ratios across adult, embryonic, and fossil specimens from various birds and mammals. It also includes quantifications of embryonic muscle proliferation, muscle mass, and tenascin C intensity in penguin ulnae.

Use Cases

• Analyzing skeletal adaptation patterns based on bone aspect ratio measurements across species.
• Modeling the relationship between embryonic muscle development and bone shape based on muscle proliferation and mass data.
• Investigating the role of tenascin C in bone ridge formation during penguin embryonic development.

Strengths

• Data directly supports a specific 2026 peer-reviewed publication, linking it to concrete scientific findings.
• Covers multiple data types including bone measurements, muscle quantifications, and protein intensity within a single study.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale statistical modeling.

Provenance

Source

Grunwald, Hannah

Collection Method

Likely contains laboratory measurements and image analysis from biological specimens.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-23 18:34:24; freshness should be verified.