Cryptic Patterning of Avian Skin Confers a Developmental Facility for Loss of Neck Feathering

    March 2011 in “ PLoS Biology ”
    Chunyan Mou, Frédérique Pitel, David Gourichon … Denis J. Headon
    Studysummary This study found that a mutation in the BMP12/GDF7 gene is associated with the Naked neck trait in chickens, reducing neck feathering due to altered signaling pathways.
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