"Palaeognathae" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A superorder of large, mostly flightless birds, named for their distinctive PALATE morphology. It includes the orders Apterygiformes, Casuriiformes, Dinornithiformes, RHEIFORMES; STRUTHIONIFORMES and Tinamiformes.
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D046108
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.050.150.900.248.600
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| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Palaeognathae" by people in Profiles.
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Phylogenomic evidence for multiple losses of flight in ratite birds. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2008 Sep 09; 105(36):13462-7.