The relationship between sternum variation and mode of locomotion in birds

BACKGROUND: The origin of powered avian flight was a locomotor innovation that expanded the ecological potential of maniraptoran dinosaurs, leading to remarkable variation in modern birds (Neornithes). The avian sternum is the anchor for the major flight muscles and, despite varying widely in morpho...

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Autores principales: Lowi-Merri, Talia M., Benson, Roger B. J., Claramunt, Santiago, Evans, David C.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2021
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8377870/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34412636
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12915-021-01105-1

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8377870/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34412636
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12915-021-01105-1

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