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Title: | Effects of Gape and Tooth Position on Bite Force and Skull Stress in the Dingo ('Canis lupus dingo') Using a 3-Dimensional Finite Element Approach | Contributor(s): | Bourke, Jason (author); Wroe, Stephen (author) ; Moreno, Karen (author); McHenry, Colin (author); Clausen, Philip (author) | Publication Date: | 2008 | Open Access: | Yes | DOI: | 10.1371/journal.pone.0002200 | Handle Link: | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/14838 | Abstract: | Models of the mammalian jaw have predicted that bite force is intimately linked to jaw gape and to tooth position. Despite widespread use, few empirical studies have provided evidence to validate these models in non-human mammals and none have considered the influence of gape angle on the distribution of stress. Here using a multi-property finite element (FE) model of 'Canis lupus dingo', we examined the influence of gape angle and bite point on both bite force and cranial stress. Bite force data in relation to jaw gape and along the tooth row, are in broad agreement with previously reported results. However stress data showed that the skull of 'C. l. dingo' is mechanically suited to withstand stresses at wide gapes; a result that agreed well with previously held views regarding carnivoran evolution. Stress data, combined with bite force information, suggested that there is an optimal bite angle of between 25° and 35° in 'C. l. dingo'. The function of these rather small bite angles remains unclear. | Publication Type: | Journal Article | Source of Publication: | PLoS One, 3(5), p. 1-5 | Publisher: | Public Library of Science | Place of Publication: | United States of America | ISSN: | 1932-6203 | Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: | 060807 Animal Structure and Function | Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: | 970106 Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences | Peer Reviewed: | Yes | HERDC Category Description: | C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal |
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