The Origin and Diversification of Birds.

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• Publication year

  2015

• Venue

  Current Biology

• Publication date

  2015-10-05

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1016/j.cub.2015.08.003PMID 26439352
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