Little variation in the morphology of the atria across 13 orders of birds
J. Kroneman, J. Faber, C. Wolschrijn, V. Christoffels, B. Jensen
The paper examines atrial morphology across 13 bird orders and finds little variation in cardiac features, suggesting that high cardiac performance does not require greater structural diversity.
bioRxiv · Aug 21, 2018Evolutionary Biology