Kenneth P Dial
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Dial K, Heers A
Trends Ecol Evol
. 2021 Mar;
36(5):457-470.
PMID: 33648760
A major challenge to Darwinian evolution is explaining 'rudimentary' organs. This is particularly relevant to birds: rudimentary wings occur in fossils, as well as in developing, molting, and flight-impaired birds....
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Martin T, Tobalske B, Riordan M, Case S, Dial K
Sci Adv
. 2018 Jun;
4(6):eaar1988.
PMID: 29938221
Should they stay or should they leave? The age at which young transition between life stages, such as living in a nest versus leaving it, differs among species and the...
3.
Dial K, Goslow Jr G, Jenkins Jr F
J Morphol
. 2018 Jun;
207(3):327-344.
PMID: 29865507
The excursions of wing elements and the activity of eleven shoulder muscles were studied by cineradiography and electromyography in European starlings (Sturnus vulgaris) flying in a wind tunnel at speeds...
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Boggs D, Dial K
J Morphol
. 2018 Jun;
218(1):43-57.
PMID: 29865485
In order to improve our understanding of the neuromuscular control of the most massive avian flight muscle, we studied the innervation pattern of the pigeon pectoralis. Nine primary branches from...
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Tobalske B, Jackson B, Dial K
Integr Comp Biol
. 2017 Jul;
57(2):217-230.
PMID: 28662566
Flight is the defining characteristic of birds, yet the mechanisms through which flight ability develops are only beginning to be understood. Wing-assisted incline running (WAIR) and controlled flapping descent (CFD)...
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Gatesy S, Dial K
Evolution
. 2017 Jun;
50(1):331-340.
PMID: 28568886
The evolution of avian flight can be interpreted by analyzing the sequence of modifications of the primitive tetrapod locomotor system through time. Herein, we introduce the term "locomotor module" to...
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Gatesy S, Dial K
Evolution
. 2017 Jun;
50(5):2037-2048.
PMID: 28565606
Modern birds have extremely short tail skeletons relative to Archaeopteryx and nonavialian theropod dinosaurs. Long- and short-tailed birds also differ in the conformation of main tail feathers making up the...
8.
Dial K
Oecologia
. 2017 Mar;
76(4):531-537.
PMID: 28312403
Three sympatric species of Neotoma occur in the southern Great Basin Desert in northern Arizona. Observations and experiments from 1980-1984 focused on diet and den selection to determine to what...
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Heers A, Baier D, Jackson B, Dial K
PLoS One
. 2016 Apr;
11(4):e0153446.
PMID: 27100994
Some of the greatest transformations in vertebrate history involve developmental and evolutionary origins of avian flight. Flight is the most power-demanding mode of locomotion, and volant adult birds have many...
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Heers A, Dial K
Evolution
. 2014 Dec;
69(2):305-20.
PMID: 25494705
Wings have long been regarded as a hallmark of evolutionary innovation, allowing insects, birds, and bats to radiate into aerial environments. For many groups, our intuitive and colloquial perspective is...