Flight feather attachment in rock pigeons (Columba livia ): covert feathers and smooth muscle coordinate a morphing wing
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Anatomy
سال: 2016
ISSN: 0021-8782
DOI: 10.1111/joa.12511