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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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| Lenguaje: | English |
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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 |