Figure 3.
Mechanical properties of bone mid-diaphysis of the femur of young female, adult female, young male and adult male hares: (A) yield force (Fyield), (B) elastic work (Wyield), (C) stiffness, (D) breaking force (Fmax), (E) breaking work (Wmax). Asterisks (*) indicate significant differences between young and old animals of the same sex (* p < 0.05), hashtags (#) indicate differences between specimens of different sexes at the same age (# p < 0.05; ## p < 0.01; ### p < 0.001), and red bracket indicate a trend towards significance between different groups (p-value between 0.05 and 0.1), where number above bracket indicates exact p-value.