Body and limb size dissociation at the origin of birds: Uncoupling allometric constraints across a macroevolutionary transition

Evolution

Volumn 67, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 2741-2752

  Dececchi, T Alexander ^a   Larsson, Hans C E ^b  

^a W O Farber Center for Civic Leadership   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Allometry; Aves; Constraint; Macroevolution; Theropoda

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; BIRD; BODY SIZE; FLIGHT; LIMB; SKELETON; WING;

AVES; DINOSAURIA; THEROPODA;

ALLOMETRY; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; BODY SIZE; CONSTRAINT; FORELIMB; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; MACROEVOLUTION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; THEROPODA;

ALLOMETRY; AVES; CONSTRAINT; MACROEVOLUTION; THEROPODA;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; BODY SIZE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC SPECIATION; WING;

EID: 84883553118     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/evo.12150     Document Type: Article

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