More than One Way of Being a Moa: Differences in Leg Bone Robustness Map Divergent Evolutionary Trajectories in Dinornithidae and Emeidae (Dinornithiformes)

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Charlotte A. Brassey ,

* E-mail: charlotte.brassey-2@postgrad.manchester.ac.uk

Affiliation Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
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Richard N. Holdaway,

Affiliation School of Biological Sciences, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand
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Abigail G. Packham,

Affiliation Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
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Jennifer Anné,

Affiliation School of Earth, Atmospheric and Environmental Science, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
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Philip L. Manning,

Affiliation School of Earth, Atmospheric and Environmental Science, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
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William I. Sellers

Affiliation Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
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Please note, the accession number for "Rhea americana" is UMZC378.gg, and for "Apteryx australis lawryi" is UMZC378.SS.

Charlotte Brassey

No competing interests declared.

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