Genome size and wing parameters in passerine birds

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 276, Issue 1654, 2009, Pages 55-61

  Andrews, Chandler B ^a   Mackenzie, Stuart A ^b   Gregory, T Ryan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b Long Point Bird Observatory   (Canada)

Author keywords

C value; Cell size; Flight; Image analysis; Wing aspect ratio; Wing loading index

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENOME; IMAGE ANALYSIS; METABOLISM; PASSERINE; SIZE; WING;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIRD; BODY MASS; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL NUCLEUS MEMBRANE; CELL SIZE; FEMALE; FLIGHT; FORELIMB; GENOME SIZE; HYPOTHESIS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; METABOLIC PARAMETERS; METABOLIC RATE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AVES; PASSERIFORMES; TETRAPODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 58149215953     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2008.1012     Document Type: Article

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