The morphology of neoptile feathers: Ancestral state reconstruction and its phylogenetic implications

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 272, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 387-403

  Foth, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aves; Avian phylogeny; Feather development; Neoaves; Neoptile feather

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; CLASSIFICATION; CYTOLOGY; EVOLUTION; FEATHER; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; PHYLOGENY;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BIRDS; FEATHERS; PHYLOGENY;

ANAS PLATYRHYNCHOS; AVES; DROMAIUS NOVAEHOLLANDIAE; NEORNITHES;

EID: 79952520879     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: 10974687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.10916     Document Type: Article

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