Cell structure of barb ridges in down feathers and juvenile wing feathers of the developing chick embryo: Barb ridge modification in relation to feather evolution

Annals of Anatomy

Volumn 188, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 303-318

  Alibardi, Lorenzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Barb ridges; Chick embryo; Developing feathers; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL DEGENERATION; CELL ELONGATION; CELL FUSION; CELL STRUCTURE; CHICK EMBRYO; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EVOLUTION; FEATHER; FORELIMB; HATCHING; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN;

EID: 33745486860     PISSN: 09409602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aanat.2006.01.011     Document Type: Article

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