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Kenneth P Dial1, Brandon E Jackson, Paolo Segre
1Flight Laboratory, Division of Biological Sciences, University of Montana, 32 Campus Drive, Missoula, Montana 59812, USA. kdial@mso.umt.edu
Nature
|January 25, 2008
概括
陆地鸟类在生命早期就会发展出独特的翅膀动作,这对于理解鸟类飞行进化至关重要. 这一发现挑战了以前关于飞行起源的理论.
科学领域:
- 进化生物学是进化的生物学.
- 生物力学 生物力学
- 古生物学的古生物学
背景情况:
- 鸟类飞行的起源是一个长期的辩论,理论侧重于树木 (树木居住) 或飞行 (运行) 起源.
- 在进化背景下,缺乏关于翅膀冲击动态的实证数据.
研究的目的:
- 为了研究年轻的地面鸟类在过渡到飞行期间的翅膀冲击动力学.
- 提供经验数据,挑战关于飞行进化的现有假设.
主要方法:
- 对地面鸟类从化到成年期的翅膀冲击动力学进行比较分析.
- 观察主要的机动机动模式,包括下降飞行和倾斜的飞运行,导致水平飞飞行.
主要成果:
- 在整个发育过程中,地面鸟类在狭窄的范围内 (相对于重力<20度) 使用翅膀的冲动.
- 这种机翼冲击产生了大约在水平上方40度以上的空气动力学力,使其能够在180度的行驶方向范围内.
- 结果与普遍的看法和关于飞行起源的先前推断相矛盾.
结论:
- 提出了一个本体遗传过渡翼假说.
- 这种假设表明,飞行的进化阶段与在本体遗传形式中观察到的发育阶段相对应.
- 这项研究为理解基于发育动力学的鸟类飞行演变提供了新的框架.
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