Was Dinosaurian Physiology Inherited by Birds? Reconciling Slow Growth in Archaeopteryx

BACKGROUND: Archaeopteryx is the oldest and most primitive known bird (Avialae). It is believed that the growth and energetic physiology of basalmost birds such as Archaeopteryx were inherited in their entirety from non-avialan dinosaurs. This hypothesis predicts that the long bones in these birds f...

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Autori principali: Erickson, Gregory M., Rauhut, Oliver W. M., Zhou, Zhonghe, Turner, Alan H., Inouye, Brian D., Hu, Dongyu, Norell, Mark A.
Natura: Artigo
Lingua:Inglês
Pubblicazione: Public Library of Science 2009
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Accesso online:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2756958/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19816582
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0007390
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