Evolution and development of the bird chondrocranium
Abstract Background Birds exhibit an enormous diversity in adult skull shape (disparity), while their embryonic chondrocrania are considered to be conserved across species. However, there may be chondrocranial features that are diagnostic for bird clades or for Aves as a whole. We synthesized and an...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2021-04-01
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| Series: | Frontiers in Zoology |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12983-021-00406-z |