Experimental manipulations of femoral orientation in chickens suggest that torsional loads increase as the femur becomes more horizontal [7] supporting the idea that postural differences could be reflected in differences in limb cross-sectional geometry.
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4	femoral	femoral	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	5:amod	Entity=(95-abstract-new-cf9-2-sgl
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6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	7:case	_
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9	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	12:mark	Discourse=adversative-concession:45->54:2
10	torsional	torsional	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	11:amod	Entity=(97-abstract-new-cf6-2-sgl
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