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Was Dinosaurian Physiology Inherited by Birds? Reconciling Slow Growth in Archaeopteryx
BACKGROUND: Archaeopteryx is the oldest and most primitive known bird (Avialae). It is believed that the growth and energetic physiology of basalmost birds such as Archaeopteryx were inherited in their entirety from non-avialan dinosaurs. This hypothesis predicts that the long bones in these birds f...
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Public Library of Science
2009
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2756958/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19816582 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0007390 |