Development, regeneration, and evolution of feathers

Annual Review of Animal Biosciences

Volumn 3, Issue , 2015, Pages 169-195

  Chen, Chih Feng ^a,b   Foley, John ^c   Tang, Pin Chi ^a,b   Li, Ang ^d   Jiang, Ting Xin ^d   Wu, Ping ^d   Widelitz, Randal B ^d   Chuong, Cheng Ming ^a,d  

^a Center for the Integrative and Evolutionary Galliformes Genomics   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aves; bird; dinosaurs; endocrinology; poultry science; stem cells

Indexed keywords

AVES; DINOSAURIA;

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; BIRD; DINOSAUR; EMBRYOLOGY; EVOLUTION; FEATHER; FOSSIL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MORPHOGENESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENTATION; REGENERATION;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BIRDS; DINOSAURS; FEATHERS; FOSSILS; MORPHOGENESIS; PIGMENTATION; REGENERATION;

EID: 84923211493     PISSN: 21658102     EISSN: 21658110     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-animal-022513-114127     Document Type: Article

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