| Evolution: taking wing with weak feathers. | |
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PMID: 23218012 Owner: NLM Status: In-Data-Review |
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Scientists long thought they knew what the wings of early birds looked like. But new reconstructions of Archaeopteryx and its kin suggest quite different feather arrangements on their wings with profound implications for the evolution of flight. |
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Xing Xu |
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Type: Journal Article |
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Title: Current biology : CB Volume: 22 ISSN: 1879-0445 ISO Abbreviation: Curr. Biol. Publication Date: 2012 Dec |
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Created Date: 2012-12-10 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 9107782 Medline TA: Curr Biol Country: England |
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Languages: eng Pagination: R992-4 Citation Subset: IM |
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Copyright © 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. |
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Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleonanthropology, Key Laboratory of Evolutionary Systematics of Vertebrates, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 142 Xiwai Street, Beijing, 100044, China. Electronic address: xuxing@ivpp.ac.cn. |
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