Gradual assembly of avian body plan culminated in rapid rates of evolution across the dinosaur-bird transition

Current Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 20, 2014, Pages 2386-2392

  Brusatte, Stephen L ^a   Lloyd, Graeme T ^b   Wang, Steve C ^c   Norell, Mark A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c SWARTHMORE COLLEGE   (United States)

^d DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; BIRD; DINOSAUR; GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; TIME;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; DINOSAURS; PHYLOGENY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84908351023     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2014.08.034     Document Type: Article

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