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The initial expression and patterned appearance of tenascin in scutate scales is absent from the dermis of the scaleless (sc/sc) chicken.
Developmental biology - 1 Sept 1991
Shames R B, Jennings A G, Sawyer R H
Abstract excerpt
Morphogenesis of the anterior metatarsal skin (scutate scale region), from 9.5 to 12 days of development, results in the formation of orderly patterned scale ridges. It is after the initial formation of the Definitive Scale Ridge that the characteristic outer and inner epidermal surfaces differentiate. The hard, plate-like beta stratum, with its unique beta keratins, characterizes the epidermis of the outer...
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