Integument Pattern Formation Involves Genetic and Epigenetic Controls: Feather Arrays Simulated by Digital Hormone Models

    January 2004 in “ ˜The œInternational journal of developmental biology ”
    Ting Jiang, Randall B. Widelitz, Wei Shen … Cheng Ming Chuong
    Studysummary This study found that feather patterning is primarily self-organizing and dynamic, relying on both genetic and epigenetic controls, with implications for similar processes like fingerprints and pigmentation.
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