Evo-Devo of feathers and scales: building complex epithelial appendages
Chuong Cheng-Ming, Rajas Chodankar, Randall B. Widelitz, Ting-Xin Jiang 2000 Current Opinion in Genetics and Development Volume 10, Issue 4 , 1 August 2000, Pages 449-456
This journal article examines the history and molecular processes underlying the transition from scaled to feathered animals. The authors discuss relationship of Chinese feathered dinosaur fossils to the developmental biology of modern chickens. Detailed figures of feather morphology accompany the text.
