Re: Comment on Longrich et al. 2012

[Denver Fowler <df9465@yahoo.co.uk>]

Okay, I was truncated.

My request was just to know the subject of the comment by Nudds. I just found 
access to the comment (I had some script-blocks turned on, causing problem 
before).

This is the first paragraph (summary) of the comment by Nudds. It is about 20% 
of the length of the comment (so no copyright issues):

Nudds (2013); comment on Longrich et al (2012):

1st paragraph (summary):
The recent paper by Longrich et al. [1] 
proposes a new primitive form of wing feather arrangement in early 
flying birds and hence a new scenario for the evolution of the avian 
wing. Central to their hypothesis is that the primary feathers of 
Archaeopteryx lithographica were overlaid by long covert feathers. 
These, proposed coverts were previously interpreted as dorsally 
displaced remiges [2, 3] or a second set of impressions made by the wing [4] . 

Here, I show that the 3 pieces of evidence proposed in support of the feathers
being coverts and not primary feathers are either flawed 
or baseless. 


For full text:
http://www.cell.com/current-biology/abstract/S0960-9822%2812%2901194-3#Comments



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From: Denver Fowler <df9465@yahoo.co.uk>
To: Ronald Orenstein <ron.orenstein@rogers.com>; "jaseb@amnh.org" 
<jaseb@amnh.org>; "dinosaur@usc.edu" <dinosaur@usc.edu> 
Sent: Friday, 1 February 2013, 14:31
Subject: Re: Comment on Longrich et al. 2012

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