Flight feather attachment in rock pigeons (Columba livia): covert feathers and smooth muscle coordinate a morphing wing

Mechanisms for passively coordinating forelimb movements and flight feather abduction and adduction have been described separately from both in vivo and ex vivo studies. Skeletal coordination has been identified as a way for birds to simplify the neuromotor task of controlling flight stroke, but an...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of anatomy 2016-11, Vol.229 (5), p.631-656
1. Verfasser:	Hieronymus, Tobin L.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Animals avian Bone and Bones - anatomy & histology Columbidae - anatomy & histology covert feathers Feathers - anatomy & histology flight feathers Flight, Animal - physiology Muscle, Smooth - anatomy & histology Original quill knobs smooth muscle wing shape Wings, Animal - anatomy & histology X-Ray Microtomography
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