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SUBMITTER: Perrichot V
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2602696 | biostudies-literature | 2008 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Proceedings. Biological sciences 20080501 1639
The developmental stages of feathers are of major importance in the evolution of body covering and the origin of avian flight. Until now, there were significant gaps in knowledge of early morphologies in theoretical stages of feathers as well as in palaeontological material. Here we report fossil evidence of an intermediate and critical stage in the incremental evolution of feathers which has been predicted by developmental theories but hitherto undocumented by evidence from both the recent and ...[more]