The prominence of bony attachment features in general may vary with body size.
These results, along with the loadings shown in Figure 5b, show that although the statistical model has poor predictive power, there is an association between AR and more prominent bony feather attachment features in the hand.
A more fine-grained approach to quantifying the size and shape of distal primary attachment features would provide a further test of the sensitivity of phalangeal morphology as a correlate of wing shape.
The new and rapidly growing use of integral attachment features, which are actually quite ancient, are discussed in this chapter in terms of their special capabilities.
Loadings of the PCO axes identify prominent patterns of variation in bony flight feather attachment features in living birds.
The selective advantage conferred by this polymer may have been related to cell-cell attachment features within streptophytes multicellular algae rather than to mechanical structure [ 52].
Adding media attachment features.
Vibrio cholerae ppk mutants show defects in growth, motility, and surface attachment, features linked to virulence [8], [9].
Ichthyornis represents an early occurrence of two feather attachment features (internal index process and dorsal phalangeal fossae, Table 2) that are homologous with extant examples.
Feather attachment features provide a novel line of evidence for wing shape and function, alongside previously established relationships such as element length indices [ 10- 13], cross-sectional properties [ 14, 15], and bone tissue organization [ 16].
At the time I wrote that it could get a boost if Instagram opened its linked attachment feature to normal users, not just verified profiles, but that "Snap and Instagram could always build their own polling features too".
