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SUBMITTER: Pan Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6386655 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Pan Yanhong Y Zheng Wenxia W Sawyer Roger H RH Pennington Michael W MW Zheng Xiaoting X Wang Xiaoli X Wang Min M Hu Liang L O'Connor Jingmai J Zhao Tao T Li Zhiheng Z Schroeter Elena R ER Wu Feixiang F Xu Xing X Zhou Zhonghe Z Schweitzer Mary H MH
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20190128 8
Dinosaur fossils possessing integumentary appendages of various morphologies, interpreted as feathers, have greatly enhanced our understanding of the evolutionary link between birds and dinosaurs, as well as the origins of feathers and avian flight. In extant birds, the unique expression and amino acid composition of proteins in mature feathers have been shown to determine their biomechanical properties, such as hardness, resilience, and plasticity. Here, we provide molecular and ultrastructural ...[more]