Diverse feather shape evolution enabled by coupling anisotropic signalling modules with self-organizing branching programme

Asymmetric feather vane shape was a critical innovation in feather evolution and adaptation for flight. Here, Li and colleagues characterize the multi-module regulatory network that controls feather vane shape and underlies feather diversification.

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Main Authors: Ang Li, Seth Figueroa, Ting-Xin Jiang, Ping Wu, Randall Widelitz, Qing Nie, Cheng-Ming Chuong
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Nature Portfolio 2017
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/bd44f704c97c4654b7ad6cd5df110729
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