The avian egg exhibits general allometric invariances in mechanical design

The avian egg exhibits extraordinary diversity in size, shape and color, and has a key role in avian adaptive radiations. Despite extensive work, our understanding of the underlying principles that guide the “design” of the egg as a load-bearing structure remains incomplete, especially over broad ta...

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Autores principales: Juang, Jia-Yang, Chen, Pin-Yi, Yang, Da-Chang, Wu, Shang-Ping, Yen, An, Hsieh, Hsin-I.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5660176/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29079743
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-14552-0

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5660176/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29079743
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-14552-0

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