Morpho-Regulation in Diverse Chicken Feather Formation: Integrating Branching Modules and Sex Hormone-Dependent Morpho-Regulatory Modules

December 2018 in “ Development, Growth & Differentiation ”

Randall B. Widelitz, Gee-Way Lin, Yung-Chih Lai, Julie Ann Mayer, Pin‐Chi Tang, Hsu-Chen Cheng, Ting‐Xin Jiang, Chih‐Feng Chen, Cheng Ming Chuong

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Studysummary This study found that male and female chicken feather morphology and color patterns can be extrinsically modified through molting and resetting the stem cell niche during regeneration.

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