Beak morphometry and morphogenesis across avian radiations
S. Mosleh, G. Choi, G. M. Musser, H. F. James, A. Abzhanov, L. Mahadevan
The paper quantifies beak and skull shapes in birds to show how geometric parameters correlate with diet and how a growth law explains beak morphogenesis in adaptive radiations.
bioRxiv · Feb 21, 2023 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology