Melanosome evolution indicates a key physiological shift within feathered dinosaurs

Nature

Volumn 507, Issue 7492, 2014, Pages 350-353

  Li, Quanguo ^a   Clarke, Julia A ^b   Gao, Ke Qin ^c   Zhou, Chang Fu ^d   Meng, Qingjin ^e   Li, Daliang ^a   D'Alba, Liliana ^f   Shawkey, Matthew D ^f  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d SHENYANG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e BEIJING MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (China)

^f UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELANOCORTIN;

BIRD; COLOR; CRETACEOUS; DINOSAUR; ECTOTHERMY; METABOLISM; MORPHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPTILE; TAXONOMY;

AMNIOTE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCHOSAUR; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DINOSAUR; EXTANT SPECIES; FEATHER; FOSSIL; HAIR COLOR; INTEGUMENT; LIZARD; LOWER CRETACEOUS; MELANOSOME; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PLEIOTROPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTEROSAUR; REPTILE; SKIN COLOR; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TURTLE; UPPER JURASSIC;

CHINA;

AMNIOTA; ARCHOSAURIA; AVES; CROCODYLIDAE (ALL CROCODILES); DINOSAURIA; MAMMALIA; SQUAMATA; TESTUDINES; VERTEBRATA;

ALLIGATORS AND CROCODILES; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BIRDS; CHINA; DINOSAURS; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; FEATHERS; FOSSILS; HAIR COLOR; INTEGUMENTARY SYSTEM; LIZARDS; MAMMALS; MELANINS; MELANOSOMES; PIGMENTATION; SKIN PIGMENTATION; TURTLES;

EID: 84897026170     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature12973     Document Type: Article

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