From dinosaurs to birds: a tail of evolution

A particularly critical event in avian evolution was the transition from long- to short-tailed birds. Primitive bird tails underwent significant alteration, most notably reduction of the number of caudal vertebrae and fusion of the distal caudal vertebrae into an ossified pygostyle. These changes, a...

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Autores principales: Rashid, Dana J, Chapman, Susan C, Larsson, Hans CE, Organ, Chris L, Bebin, Anne-Gaelle, Merzdorf, Christa S, Bradley, Roger, Horner, John R
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4304130/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25621146
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/2041-9139-5-25

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4304130/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25621146
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/2041-9139-5-25

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