Molecular phyloecology suggests a trophic shift concurrent with the evolution of the first birds
Yonghua Wu applies recently developed molecular phyloecological methods to identify a trophic shift from carnivory to herbivory in the earliest birds. Predation pressure from becoming low-level consumers may have stimulated the evolution of powered flight as an anti-predator strategy against gliding...
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Nature Portfolio
2021
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| Sumario: | Yonghua Wu applies recently developed molecular phyloecological methods to identify a trophic shift from carnivory to herbivory in the earliest birds. Predation pressure from becoming low-level consumers may have stimulated the evolution of powered flight as an anti-predator strategy against gliding predatory non-avian maniraptorans. |
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