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Scaling of Avian Primary Feather Length

The evolution of the avian wing has long fascinated biologists, yet almost no work includes the length of primary feathers in consideration of overall wing length variation. Here we show that the length of the longest primary feather ([Image: see text]) contributing to overall wing length scales wit...

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Autores principales: Nudds, Robert L., Kaiser, Gary W., Dyke, Gareth J.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3036594/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21347413
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0015665