#  Investigating the evolution of digit reduction in horses 

 





August 23, 2017

 

 

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 Graduate student Brianna McHorse and Faculty-Curators Stephanie Pierce and Andy Biewener used beam bending to investigate the evolution of digit reduction in horses. The research was published in the [Proceedings of the Royal Society B](http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/284/1861/20171174) and featured in the [New York Times](https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/28/science/horses-hooves-evolution.html?mcubz=3).



 

 

 



 

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