Cryptic patterning of avian skin confers a developmental facility for loss of neck feathering.

Cryptic patterning of avian skin confers a developmental facility for loss of neck feathering.

Vertebrate skin is characterized by its patterned array of appendages, whether feathers, hairs, or scales. In avian skin the distribution of feathers occurs on two distinct spatial levels. Grouping of feathers within discrete tracts, with bare skin lying between the tracts, is termed the macropatter...

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Main Authors: Chunyan Mou, Frederique Pitel, David Gourichon, Florence Vignoles, Athanasia Tzika, Patricia Tato, Le Yu, Dave W Burt, Bertrand Bed'hom, Michele Tixier-Boichard, Kevin J Painter, Denis J Headon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-03-01
Series:PLoS Biology
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/21423653/?tool=EBI

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