Flight feather development: its early specialization during embryogenesis
Abstract Background Flight feathers, a type of feather that is unique to extant/extinct birds and some non-avian dinosaurs, are the most evolutionally advanced type of feather. In general, feather types are formed in the second or later generation of feathers at the first and following molting, and...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2018-01-01
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Series: | Zoological Letters |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40851-017-0085-4 |