Feather Arrays Are Patterned by Interacting Signaling and Cell Density Waves

    February 2019 in “ PLoS Biology ”
    William Ho, Lucy Freem, Debiao Zhao … Denis J. Headon
    Studysummary This research found that feather pattern formation in birds is regulated by a mechanochemical system involving fibroblast growth factor and bone morphogenetic protein signaling, which is altered in the flightless emu and ostrich.
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