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Molecular phyloecology suggests a trophic shift concurrent with the evolution of the first birds

Birds are characterized by evolutionary specializations of both locomotion (e.g., flapping flight) and digestive system (toothless, crop, and gizzard), while the potential selection pressures responsible for these evolutionary specializations remain unclear. Here we used a recently developed molecul...

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Autor principal: Wu, Yonghua
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8119460/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33986452
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s42003-021-02067-4