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Ecology and Caudal Skeletal Morphology in Birds: The Convergent Evolution of Pygostyle Shape in Underwater Foraging Taxa

Birds exhibit a specialized tail that serves as an integral part of the flight apparatus, supplementing the role of the wings in facilitating high performance aerial locomotion. The evolution of this function for the tail contributed to the diversification of birds by allowing them to utilize a wide...

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Main Authors: Felice, Ryan N., O’Connor, Patrick M.
Formato: Artigo
Idioma:Inglês
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2014
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Acceso en liña:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3935938/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24586998
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0089737
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