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The role of many-to-one mapping of vertebral form to function in Psittaciform tripedal locomotion
Anna R. Stuart, Michael Constantine Granatosky, Ryan N. Felice, Ryan D. Marek
This study investigates factors influencing cervical vertebrae morphology in parrots, finding that phylogeny, allometry, integration, diet, and tripedal locomotion significantly affect shape, but diet and locomotion have weak influences with high morphospace overlap.
DOI 10.1101/2024.02.29.582755