Flight of Mammals: From Terrestrial Limbs to Wings

The evolutionary acquisition of flapping flight in mammals remains one of the unresolved questions of biology. Currently, no consensus as to the morphofunctional steps through which mammals passed to gain the ability to fly by flapping wings has been reached.   Flight of Mammals: From Terrestrial Li...

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Main Authors: Panyutina, Aleksandra A. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Korzun, Leonid P. (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Kuznetsov, Alexander N. (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
Edition:1st ed. 2015.
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-08756-6
Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1: Forelimb Morphology of Tree Shrews
  • Chapter 2: Forelimb Morphology of Colugos
  • Chapter 3: Forelimb Morphology of Bats
  • Chapter 4: Functional Analysis of the Locomotor Apparatus of Colugos
  • Chapter 5: Functional Analysis of the Locomotor Apparatus of Bats
  • Chapter 6: Comparative Morphofunctional Analysis
  • Chapter 7: Evolutionary Scenario for the Establishment of Flapping Flight.