| DOI: | 10.1016/j.tree.2014.04.004
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| 论文题名: | A virtual world of paleontology |
| 作者: | Cunningham J.A.; Rahman I.A.; Lautenschlager S.; Rayfield E.J.; Donoghue P.C.J.
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| 刊名: | Trends in Ecology and Evolution
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| ISSN: | 1695347
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| 出版年: | 2014
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| 卷: | 29, 期:6 | | 起始页码: | 347
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| 结束页码: | 357
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| 语种: | 英语
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| 英文关键词: | Computed tomography
; Computer modeling
; Digital visualization
; Functional analysis
; Paleontology
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| Scopus关键词: | anatomy
; computer simulation
; evolution
; fossil record
; paleobiology
; paleontology
; visualization
; anatomy and histology
; animal
; computer assisted diagnosis
; computer assisted tomography
; computer simulation
; fossil
; paleontology
; procedures
; Animals
; Computer Simulation
; Fossils
; Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted
; Paleontology
; Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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| 英文摘要: | Computer-aided visualization and analysis of fossils has revolutionized the study of extinct organisms. Novel techniques allow fossils to be characterized in three dimensions and in unprecedented detail. This has enabled paleontologists to gain important insights into their anatomy, development, and preservation. New protocols allow more objective reconstructions of fossil organisms, including soft tissues, from incomplete remains. The resulting digital reconstructions can be used in functional analyses, rigorously testing long-standing hypotheses regarding the paleobiology of extinct organisms. These approaches are transforming our understanding of long-studied fossil groups, and of the narratives of organismal and ecological evolution that have been built upon them. © 2014 The Authors. |
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| 资源类型: | 期刊论文
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| 标识符: | http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/67290
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| Appears in Collections: | 全球变化的国际研究计划
气候变化与战略
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作者单位: | School of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol, Wills Memorial Building, Queen's Road, Bristol BS8 1RJ, United Kingdom
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Cunningham J.A.,Rahman I.A.,Lautenschlager S.,et al. A virtual world of paleontology[J]. Trends in Ecology and Evolution,2014-01-01,29(6)
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