| Title |
Was Dinosaurian Physiology Inherited by Birds? Reconciling Slow Growth in Archaeopteryx
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|---|---|
| Published in |
PLOS ONE, October 2009
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0007390 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Gregory M. Erickson, Oliver W. M. Rauhut, Zhonghe Zhou, Alan H. Turner, Brian D. Inouye, Dongyu Hu, Mark A. Norell |
| Abstract |
Archaeopteryx is the oldest and most primitive known bird (Avialae). It is believed that the growth and energetic physiology of basalmost birds such as Archaeopteryx were inherited in their entirety from non-avialan dinosaurs. This hypothesis predicts that the long bones in these birds formed using rapidly growing, well-vascularized woven tissue typical of non-avialan dinosaurs. |
X Demographics
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 2 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 2 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 214 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 3% |
| Argentina | 3 | 1% |
| Chile | 3 | 1% |
| Brazil | 3 | 1% |
| Germany | 2 | <1% |
| Canada | 2 | <1% |
| Portugal | 1 | <1% |
| New Zealand | 1 | <1% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 2 | <1% |
| Unknown | 190 | 89% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 43 | 20% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 33 | 15% |
| Researcher | 33 | 15% |
| Student > Master | 23 | 11% |
| Other | 17 | 8% |
| Other | 48 | 22% |
| Unknown | 17 | 8% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 102 | 48% |
| Earth and Planetary Sciences | 61 | 29% |
| Environmental Science | 11 | 5% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 5 | 2% |
| Computer Science | 4 | 2% |
| Other | 8 | 4% |
| Unknown | 23 | 11% |