Reaction–diffusion models of within-feather pigmentation patterning
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Reaction-diffusion models of within-feather pigmentation patterning.
Feathers are complex, branched keratin structures that exhibit a diversity of pigmentation patterns. Feather pigments are transferred into developing feather keratinocytes from pigment cells that migrate into the tubular feather germ from the dermis. Within-feather pigment patterns are determined by differential pigmentation of keratinocytes within independent barb ridges during feather develop...
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عنوان ژورنال: Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences
سال: 2002
ISSN: 0962-8452,1471-2954
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2001.1896