Evolution: Taking Wing with Weak Feathers

被引:1
作者
Xu, Xing [1 ]
机构
[1] Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Vertebrate Paleontol & Paleonanthropol, Key Lab Evolutionary Systemat Vertebrates, Beijing 100044, Peoples R China
关键词
ARCHAEOPTERYX; ORIGIN; CHINA; THEROPODS; FLIGHT; BIRDS;
D O I
10.1016/j.cub.2012.10.015
中图分类号
Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
学科分类号
071010 ; 081704 ;
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页码:R992 / R994
页数:3
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