THE FEATHER’S DIAGNOSTIC FEATURES OF GALLIFORMES

THE FEATHER’S DIAGNOSTIC FEATURES OF GALLIFORMES

Microstructure of the contour feathers (remex and covert) of 9 species has been compared:Bonasa bonasia, Tetrao urogallus, Lagopus lagopus, Lyrurus tetrix, Coturnix coturnix,Perdix perdix, Francolinus francolinus, Phasianus colchichus, Gallus gallus domesticus.Feathers (one remige and one covert fea...

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Main Authors: O. Chernova, O. Silaeva, T. Perfilova
Format: Article
Language:Russian
Published: Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation, Russian Federal Centre of Forensic Science 2014-03-01
Series:Теория и практика судебной экспертизы
Subjects:
contour feather
barb
barbule
light microscopy
diagnostic features
Online Access:https://www.tipse.ru/jour/article/view/287
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Summary:Microstructure of the contour feathers (remex and covert) of 9 species has been compared:Bonasa bonasia, Tetrao urogallus, Lagopus lagopus, Lyrurus tetrix, Coturnix coturnix,Perdix perdix, Francolinus francolinus, Phasianus colchichus, Gallus gallus domesticus.Feathers (one remige and one covert feather) from 3–15 specimens of each specieshave been studied. It is shown, that the length of a wing varies considerably, positivelycorrelating with the size of birds.
ISSN:1819-2785
2587-7275

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