Avian lower beak is always overlooked:its coordinate role in shaping species-specific beak should not be underestimated  

作　　者：Yalin CHENG Fumin LEI 

机构地区：[1]College of Life Science/Hebei Basic Science Center for Biotic Interactions,Institute of Life Science and Green Development,Hebei University,Baoding,China [2]Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution,Institute of Zoology,Chinese Academy of Sciences,Beijing,China [3]University of Chinese Academy of Sciences,Beijing,China [4]Center for Excellence in Animal Evolution and Genetics,Chinese Academy of Sciences,Kunming,China

出　　处：《Integrative Zoology》2024年第2期339-342,共4页整合动物学（英文版）

基　　金：supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(NSFC)(Grant Nos.32000307,32130013).

摘　　要：The beak is a key evolutionary innovation in the avian tree of life.Its diversity in morphology shows birds’successful colonization of various ecological niches on the Earth(Pigot et al.2020),and its morphological plasticity can also enable birds to rapidly respond to changes in environments(Grant&Grant 2006).These natures helped birds survive multiple extinction events(Larson et al.2016).Therefore,investigating the morphological evolution of avian beaks and the underlying developmental and molecular mechanisms will help to decipher the evolution of birds and boost the development of the theory of evolutionary biology.

关 键 词：COORDINATE EXTINCTION enable 

分 类 号：Q95[生物学—动物学]