Rubega Lab Review Article Portal
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Anatomy & histology
Cane & Spearman 1967. A Histochemical study of keratinization in the doemstic fowl (Gallus gallus) (From ILL: cane&spearman1967.pdf)
Post-hatching growth
Gosler AG. 1987. Pattern and process in bill morphology of the Great Tit Parus major. Ibis 129:451-479.
Badyaev AV, Martin TE. 2000. Individual variation in growth trajectories: Phenotypic and genetic correlations in ontogeny of the house finch (Carpodacus mexicanus). Journal of Evolutionary Biology 13(2):290-301.
Grant, P.R. 1981. Patterns of growth in Darwin's Finches. Proc. Roy. Soc. Lond. B 212: 403±432.
Boag, P.T. 1984. Growth and allometry of external morphology in Darwin's finches (Geospiza) on Isla Daphne Major, Galapagos. J. Zool. 204: 413±441.
Björklund, M. 1993. Phenotypic variation of growth trajectories in finches. Evolution 47: 1506-1514. http://www.jstor.org/stable/pdfplus/2410163.pdf
Ricklefs, R.E. 1968. Patterns of growth in birds. Ibis 110: 419±451.
O'Connor, R.J. 1977. Differential growth and body composition
in altricial passerines. Ibis 119: 147-166.