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Swimming in nature may have played a major role in the gradual evolution of the form and function required by present land vertebrates. The reasons behind this conclusion are developed below.
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DuBois, A.B., Cavagna, G.A., Fox, R.S. (1975). The Forces Resisting Locomotion in Bluefish. In: Wu, T.YT., Brokaw, C.J., Brennen, C. (eds) Swimming and Flying in Nature. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-1326-8_4
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