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Homology and Potential Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms for the Development of Unique Feather Morphologies in Early Birds
- Jingmai K. O’Connor,
- Luis M. Chiappe,
- Cheng-ming Chuong,
- David J. Bottjer and
- Hailu You
At least two lineages of Mesozoic birds are known to have possessed a distinct feather morphotype for which there is no neornithine (modern) equivalent. The early stepwise evolution of apparently modern feathers occurred within Maniraptora, basal to...

