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Assesment and interpretation of negative forelimb allometry in the evolution of non-avian Theropoda

BACKGROUND: The origin of birds is marked by a significant decrease in body size along with an increase in relative forelimb size. However, before the evolution of flight, both traits may have already been related: It has been proposed that an evolutionary trend of negative forelimb allometry existe...

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Autores principales: Palma Liberona, José A., Soto-Acuña, Sergio, Mendez, Marco A., Vargas, Alexander O.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6889632/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31827570
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12983-019-0342-9