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Melanin Concentration Gradients in Modern and Fossil Feathers
In birds and feathered non-avian dinosaurs, within-feather pigmentation patterns range from discrete spots and stripes to more subtle patterns, but the latter remain largely unstudied. A ∼55 million year old fossil contour feather with a dark distal tip grading into a lighter base was recovered from...
Autores principales: | Field, Daniel J., D’Alba, Liliana, Vinther, Jakob, Webb, Samuel M., Gearty, William, Shawkey, Matthew D. |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2013
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3608712/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23555675 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0059451 |
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