Cracking the Mystery of the Egg Shape
Jun 2017
Not all eggs are shaped like a chicken’s—now we know why!
Related Publications
Avian egg shape: Form, function, and evolution
M.C. Stoddard, E.H. Yong, D. Akkaynak, C. Sheard, J.A. Tobias, L. Mahadevan, Science 356, 1249-1254, 2017.
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Evolution of avian egg shape: underlying mechanisms and the importance of taxonomic scale
C. Sheard, D. Akkaynak, EH Yong, L. Mahadevan & J. A. Tobias, IBIS 161 (4) 15 July 2019.
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