Evolution of body morphology and beak shape revealed by a morphometric analysis of 14 Paridae species

BACKGROUND: Morphological characters of birds reflect their adaptive evolution and ecological requirements and are also relevant to phylogenetic relationships within a group of related species. The tits (Paridae) are known to be outwardly homogeneous in shape, with one aberrant member, the Ground Ti...

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Autores principales: Shao, Shimiao, Quan, Qing, Cai, Tianlong, Song, Gang, Qu, Yanhua, Lei, Fumin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4928266/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27366199
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12983-016-0162-0

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4928266/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27366199
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12983-016-0162-0

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