Cell structure of developing downfeathers in the zebrafinch with emphasis on barb ridge morphogenesis

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 208, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 621-642

  Alibardi, L ^a   Sawyer, R H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Feather development; Feather evolution; Immunocytochemistry; Ultrastructure; Zebrafinch

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL; BIRD; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EPIDERMIS CELL; FEATHER; GERM LAYER; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; EPIDERMIS; FEATHERS; FINCHES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATINS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; MICROTOMY; MORPHOGENESIS; STAINING AND LABELING;

ANIMALIA; ARCHOSAURIA; AVES; PASSERIFORMES; REPTILIA;

EID: 33646034296     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: 14697580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2006.00580.x     Document Type: Article

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