The hand of birds revealed by early ostrich embryos

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 89, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 391-393

  Feduccia, Alan ^a   Nowicki, Julie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL RECORD; LIMB;

ARTICLE; BIRD; BONE DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FOSSIL; HAND; METACARPAL BONE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; OSTRICH; PHALANX; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; FORELIMB; HAND; STRUTHIONIFORMES; WING;

ARCHAEOPTERYX; AVES; STRUTHIO CAMELUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036750318     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-002-0350-y     Document Type: Article

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