Melanosomes or Microbes: Testing an Alternative Hypothesis for the Origin of Microbodies in Fossil Feathers

Microbodies associated with fossil feathers, originally attributed to microbial biofilm, have been reinterpreted as melanosomes: pigment-containing, eukaryotic organelles. This interpretation generated hypotheses regarding coloration in non-avian and avian dinosaurs. Because melanosomes and microbes...

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Autores principales: Moyer, Alison E., Zheng, Wenxia, Johnson, Elizabeth A., Lamanna, Matthew C., Li, Da-qing, Lacovara, Kenneth J., Schweitzer, Mary H.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3942740/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24595214
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep04233

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