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Palaeontology: Feathered dinosaurs in a tangle.

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Author/s: Witmer, Lawrence M (LM);

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Publication Type: Comment; Historical Article; News

Journal: Nature (Nature), published in England. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2009-Oct; vol 461 (issue 7264) : pp 601-2

Dates: Created 2009/10/01; Completed 2009/10/16;

PMID: 19794481, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 10/16/2009, IMS Date: )

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CommentOn: Nature. 2009 Oct 1;461(7264):640-3. (PMID: 19794491)

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Animals Birds - anatomy & histology; classification; physiology China Dinosaurs - anatomy & histology; classification; physiology Evolution Feathers - anatomy & histology; physiology

Feathers - anatomy & histology; physiology Flight, Animal Foot - anatomy & histology; physiology Fossils History, Ancient Phylogeny

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