Homology and evolution of avian compound rhamphothecae

Auk

Volumn 127, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 590-604

  Hieronymus, Tobin L ^a,b   Witmer, Lawrence M ^b  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

anatomy; ancestral state reconstruction; functional morphology; homology; homoplasy; rhamphotheca

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; BIRD; EVOLUTION; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; HOMOLOGY; OPTIMIZATION; OSTEOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; RECONSTRUCTION; TOPOLOGY;

EID: 77955073591     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/auk.2010.09122     Document Type: Article

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