Flightless birds are not neuroanatomical analogs of non-avian dinosaurs

Flightless birds are not neuroanatomical analogs of non-avian dinosaurs

Abstract Background In comparative neurobiology, major transitions in behavior are thought to be associated with proportional size changes in brain regions. Bird-line theropod dinosaurs underwent a drastic locomotory shift from terrestrial to volant forms, accompanied by a suite of well-documented p...

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Main Authors: Maria Eugenia Leone Gold, Akinobu Watanabe
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-12-01
Series:BMC Evolutionary Biology
Subjects:
3-D geometric morphometrics
Endocasts
Neuroanatomy
Theropoda
Aves
Powered flight
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12862-018-1312-0

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