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Cryptic Patterning of Avian Skin Confers a Developmental Facility for Loss of Neck Feathering

Vertebrate skin is characterized by its patterned array of appendages, whether feathers, hairs, or scales. In avian skin the distribution of feathers occurs on two distinct spatial levels. Grouping of feathers within discrete tracts, with bare skin lying between the tracts, is termed the macropatter...

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Autores principales: Mou, Chunyan, Pitel, Frederique, Gourichon, David, Vignoles, Florence, Tzika, Athanasia, Tato, Patricia, Yu, Le, Burt, Dave W., Bed'hom, Bertrand, Tixier-Boichard, Michele, Painter, Kevin J., Headon, Denis J.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3057954/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21423653
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1001028