Theory of the growth and evolution of feather shape

Journal of Experimental Zoology

Volumn 291, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 30-57

  Prum, Richard O ^a   Williamson, Scott ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; EVOLUTION; FEATHER; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PHYSIOLOGY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION; FEATHERS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

EID: 0035870286     PISSN: 0022104X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.4     Document Type: Article

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