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Anthropogenic extinctions conceal widespread evolution of flightlessness in birds

Human-driven extinctions can affect our understanding of evolution, through the nonrandom loss of certain types of species. Here, we explore how knowledge of a major evolutionary transition—the evolution of flightlessness in birds—is biased by anthropogenic extinctions. Adding data on 581 known anth...

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Autores principales: Sayol, F., Steinbauer, M. J., Blackburn, T. M., Antonelli, A., Faurby, S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Association for the Advancement of Science 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7710364/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33268368
http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abb6095