Developmentally Incomplete Barb Rami Increased the Morphological Diversity of Early Feathers
Yanyun Zhang, 华东师范大学生命科学学院, 上海 200241, 中国, Tang Jia-Wei, Wang Ying, Wang Shuo, 上海理工大学能源与动力工程学院, 上海 200093, 中国
The paper analyzes feather morphology from Burmese amber, showing developmentally incomplete barb rami in early feathers, suggesting morphological diversity due to unstable tissue differentiation.
动物学研究 · Jan 1, 2025Peer-reviewedEvolutionary Biology