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Showing 1 to 2 of 2 for “"avian evolution"”.
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Palaeobiology and flight capacity of volant palaeognaths (Pan-Palaeognathae: Lithornithidae): implications for the common ancestor of extant palaeognaths and early crown birds
… crown bird and clarify numerous outstanding macroevolutionary conundrums such as the flight and dispersal capacity of ratite ancestors. In a thorough review of the palaeognath fossil record (Chapter 2), I conclude that a group of apparently volant palaeognaths from the Paleogene, the …
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Diversity and Evolution in the Avian Major Histocompatibility Complex
… also provides insights into the fundamental evolutionary flexibility of this system, and could help to inform zoonotic disease surveillance, rural poultry development initiatives, conservation and commercial poultry breeding strategies. First, diversity in the classical MHC class I and II …