A Universal Power Law for Growth and Diversity of Dinosaur and Bird Beaks

恐龙和鸟喙生长和多样性的普遍幂律

• 批准号: DP230100613
• 负责人: Prof Alistair Evans
• 金额: $ 32.91万
• 依托单位: Monash University
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Discovery Projects
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2023-10-12 至 2026-10-11
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/DP230100613
• 关键词: Universal; Power; Law; Growth; Diversity

Universal rules that govern how animals grow have tremendous power to explain the highly complex processes of growth and development. The project investigators have recently discovered a new rule of growth that controls how teeth, horns, claws and beaks are generated in animals. This project aims to use this new rule to examine the evolution and diversity of beaks in birds and dinosaurs. By combining 3D modelling, biomechanics and genetic analysis of bird beak development with the study of dinosaur fossils, this project expects to reveal the underlying processes controlling the growth and evolution of beaks. The anticipated goal of this project is to show the power of new theoretical models to explain the diversity of life.

控制动物生长的普遍规则对于解释高度复杂的生长和发育过程具有巨大的力量。该项目的研究人员最近发现了一种新的生长规则，它控制着动物牙齿、角、爪子和喙的生成方式。该项目旨在利用这一新规则来研究鸟类和恐龙喙的进化和多样性。通过将鸟喙发育的 3D 建模、生物力学和遗传分析与恐龙化石研究相结合，该项目期望揭示控制喙生长和进化的潜在过程。该项目的预期目标是展示新理论模型解释生命多样性的力量。