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Qualitative skeletal correlates of wing shape in extant birds (Aves: Neoaves).

BACKGROUND: Among living fliers (birds, bats, and insects), birds display relatively high aspect ratios, a dimensionless shape variable that distinguishes long and narrow vs. short and broad wings. Increasing aspect ratio results in a functional…

Tags: *Flight, 2015, Animal, Animal/*anatomy & histology/physiology, Animals, Biological Evolution, Birds/*anatomy & histology/classification/*physiology, BMC evolutionary biology, Bone and Bones/anatomy & histology, Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology, Feathers, Fossils, Hieronymus Tobin L, NEOMED College of Medicine, Phylogeny, Wings

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