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The neck as a keystone structure in avian macroevolution and mosaicism

BACKGROUND: The origin of birds from non-avian theropod dinosaur ancestors required a comprehensive restructuring of the body plan to enable the evolution of powered flight. One of the proposed key mechanisms that allowed birds to acquire flight and modify the associated anatomical structures into d...

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Autores principales: Marek, Ryan D., Felice, Ryan N.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10576348/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37833771
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12915-023-01715-x