Extreme reversed sexual size dimorphism in the extinct New Zealand moa Dinornis

Nature

Volumn 425, Issue 6954, 2003, Pages 172-175

  Bunce, Michael ^a   Worthy, Trevor H ^b   Ford, Tom ^a   Hoppitt, Will ^a   Willerslev, Eske ^c   Drummond, Alexel ^a   Cooper, Alan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b Palaeofaunal Surveys   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA SEQUENCES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY;

SEXUAL SIZE DIMORPHISM;

BIODIVERSITY;

BIRD; EXTINCTION; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; TAXONOMY;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE SEQUENCE; NEW ZEALAND; PALEONTOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOMBINANT DNA TECHNOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; SPECIES EXTINCTION; ANIMAL; BIRD; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY WEIGHT; BONE; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FOSSIL; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; SEX DETERMINATION; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; TIME;

NEW ZEALAND;

AVES; CELLULAR ORGANISMS; DINORNIS; DINORNITHIFORMES; MAMMALIA; PALAEOGNATHAE; VERTEBRATA;

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMALS; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY WEIGHT; BONE AND BONES; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FOSSILS; GEOGRAPHY; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEW ZEALAND; PALAEOGNATHAE; PHYLOGENY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX DETERMINATION (ANALYSIS); TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0141831017     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature01871     Document Type: Article

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