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Flapping before Flight: High Resolution, Three-Dimensional Skeletal Kinematics of Wings and Legs during Avian Development

Some of the greatest transformations in vertebrate history involve developmental and evolutionary origins of avian flight. Flight is the most power-demanding mode of locomotion, and volant adult birds have many anatomical features that presumably help meet these demands. However, juvenile birds, lik...

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Autores principales: Heers, Ashley M., Baier, David B., Jackson, Brandon E., Dial, Kenneth P.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4872793/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27100994
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0153446