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Invertebrate musculoskeletal systems are the focus of on-going studies in the laboratory of Dr. William M. Kier, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and supported in part by the National Science Foundation. Hydrostatic skeletal support systems have been a particular focus of Dr. Kier's work. [See Taylor, J.R.A. and Kier, W.M. (2003) Switching Skeletons: Hydrostatic Support in Molting Crabs.
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