Development of Bat Flight: Morphologic and Molecular Evolution of Bat Wing Digits
Development of Bat Flight: Morphologic and Molecular Evolution of Bat Wing Digits
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United States: National Academy of Sciences
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English
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United States: National Academy of Sciences
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The earliest fossil bats resemble their modern counterparts in possessing greatly elongated digits to support the wing membrane, which is an anatomical hallmark of powered flight. To quantitatively confirm these similarities, we performed a morphometric analysis of wing bones from fossil and modern bats. We found that the lengths of the third, four...
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Development of Bat Flight: Morphologic and Molecular Evolution of Bat Wing Digits
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TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_1458926
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_1458926
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0027-8424
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1091-6490
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10.1073/pnas.0509716103
