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Correlated evolution of neck length and leg length in birds
Despite a diversity of about 10 000 extant species, the sophisticated avian ‘body plan’ has not much changed once it was achieved around 160 Ma after the origin of powered flight. All birds are bipedal having wings, a rigid trunk, a short and ossified tail, a three-segmented leg and digitigrade feet...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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The Royal Society
2019
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6549945/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31218020 http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.181588 |