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The morphogenesis of feathers.

Nature - 21 Nov 2002

Yu Mingke, Wu Ping, Widelitz Randall B, Chuong Cheng-Ming

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Feathers are highly ordered, hierarchical branched structures that confer birds with the ability of flight. Discoveries of fossilized dinosaurs in China bearing 'feather-like' structures have prompted interest in the origin and evolution of feathers. However, there is uncertainty about whether the irregularly branched integumentary fibres on dinosaurs such as Sinornithosaurus are truly feathers, and whether an...

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PMID: 12442169
DOI: 10.1038/nature01196
PMCID: PMC4386656

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