Avian paternal care had dinosaur origin

Science

Volumn 322, Issue 5909, 2008, Pages 1826-1828

  Varricchio, David J ^a   Moore, Jason R ^b   Erickson, Gregory M ^c   Norell, Mark A ^d   Jackson, Frankie D ^a   Borkowski, John J ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BODY SIZE; BONE; CLUTCH SIZE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRETACEOUS; DINOSAUR; EMERGENCE; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; EXTINCTION; HISTOLOGY; PARENTAL CARE; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY;

ARTICLE; CRETACEOUS; DEFENSE MECHANISM; DINOSAUR; EGG; FOWL; HISTOLOGY; MATERNAL CARE; MATING; NONHUMAN; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SPECIES EXTINCTION;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIRDS; BONE AND BONES; CLUTCH SIZE; DINOSAURS; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FOSSILS; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; NESTING BEHAVIOR; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; AVES; DINOSAURIA; OVIRAPTORIDAE; TROODON; TROODONTIDAE;

EID: 57849122604     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1163245     Document Type: Article

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