Origin of avian genome size and structure in non-avian dinosaurs

Nature

Volumn 446, Issue 7132, 2007, Pages 180-184

  Organ, Chris L ^a   Shedlock, Andrew M ^a   Meade, Andrew ^b   Pagel, Mark ^b   Edwards, Scott V ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REPETITIVE DNA;

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; BIRD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DINOSAUR; DNA; EXTINCTION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOME; GENOMICS;

ANIMAL CARE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BONE CELL; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DINOSAUR; EXTINCT SPECIES; FEATHER; FLIGHT; FOWL; GENE FUNCTION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENOME; GENOMICS; LUNG; NESTING; NONHUMAN; PARENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES COMPARISON; VERTEBRATE;

AMNIOTA; AVES; DINOSAURIA; ORNITHISCHIA; SAURISCHIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33947127751     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature05621     Document Type: Article

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