Quantitative assessment of grasping strength in platyrrhine monkeys.
fine-branch niche
grip
muscle architecture
performance
physiological cross-sectional area
Journal
American journal of biological anthropology
ISSN: 2692-7691
Titre abrégé: Am J Biol Anthropol
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101770171
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
25 Jan 2024
25 Jan 2024
Historique:
revised:
01
01
2024
received:
19
05
2023
accepted:
09
01
2024
medline:
25
1
2024
pubmed:
25
1
2024
entrez:
25
1
2024
Statut:
aheadofprint
Résumé
Despite the longstanding importance of grasping adaptations in theories of primate evolution, quantitative data on primate grasping strength remain rare. We present the results of two studies testing the prediction that callitrichines-given their comparative retreat from a small-branch environment and specialization for movement and foraging on tree trunks and large boughs-should be characterized by weaker grasping forces and underdeveloped digital flexor muscles relative to other platyrrhines. First, we directly measured manual grasping strength in marmosets (Callithrix jacchus) and squirrel monkeys (Saimiri boliviensis), using a custom-constructed force transducer. Second, we reanalyzed existing datasets on the fiber architecture of forearm and leg muscles in 12 platyrrhine species, quantifying digital flexor muscle physiological cross-sectional area (i.e., PCSA, a morphometric proxy of muscle strength) relative to the summed PCSA across all forearm or leg muscles. Callithrix was characterized by lower mean and maximum grasping forces than Saimiri, and callitrichines as a clade were found to have relatively underdeveloped manual digital flexor muscle PCSA. However, relative pedal digital flexor PCSA did not significantly differ between callitrichines and other platyrrhines. We found partial support for the hypothesis that variation in predominant substrate usage explains variation in empirical measurements of and morphological correlates of grasping strength in platyrrhines. Future research should extend the work presented here by (1) collecting morphological and empirical metrics of grasping strength in additional primate taxa and (2) extending performance testing to include empirical measures of primate pedal grasping forces as well.
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
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Organisme : Division of Integrative Organismal Systems
ID : IOS-1557125
Organisme : Division of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences
ID : BCS-1126790
Organisme : Division of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences
ID : BCS-1440599
Organisme : National Science Foundation
Organisme : NEOMED Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology
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© 2024 The Authors. American Journal of Biological Anthropology published by Wiley Periodicals LLC.
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