Module-Based Complexity Formation: Periodic Patterning in Feathers and Hairs
May 2012
in “
Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Developmental Biology
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progenitor cells genetic information physical-chemical rules developmental timing periodic patterning skin appendages Turing reaction-diffusion model activators inhibitors hormonal status seasonal changes organ metamorphosis tissue engineering hair follicles wounding molecular signaling pathways FGFs BMPs feather morphogenesis hair morphogenesis stem cells activator/inhibitor dynamics hair follicle cycling hair follicle regeneration evolutionary development integument patterns hair regeneration therapies fibroblast growth factors bone morphogenetic proteins
Studysummary This article reviews the generation of complex integument patterns through genetic, chemical, and environmental influences, with applications in tissue engineering, but reports no new experimental results.
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