Fossilized skin reveals coevolution with feathers and metabolism in feathered dinosaurs and early birds

Feathers are remarkable evolutionary innovations that are associated with complex adaptations of the skin in modern birds. Fossilised feathers in non-avian dinosaurs and basal birds provide insights into feather evolution, but how associated integumentary adaptations evolved is unclear. Here we repo...

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Autores principales: McNamara, Maria E., Zhang, Fucheng, Kearns, Stuart L., Orr, Patrick J., Toulouse, André, Foley, Tara, Hone, David W. E., Rogers, Chris S., Benton, Michael J., Johnson, Diane, Xu, Xing, Zhou, Zhonghe
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5970262/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29802246
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-04443-x

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5970262/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29802246
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-04443-x

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