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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| Language: | English |
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BMC
2018-12-01
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| Series: | BMC Evolutionary Biology |
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| Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12862-018-1312-0 |