Variations of Mesozoic feathers: Insights from the morphogenesis of extant feather rachises.
Burmese amber
Late Cretaceous
contour feather
developmental constraint
evo-devo
Journal
Evolution; international journal of organic evolution
ISSN: 1558-5646
Titre abrégé: Evolution
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 0373224
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
09 2020
09 2020
Historique:
received:
05
12
2019
revised:
21
06
2020
accepted:
27
06
2020
pubmed:
3
7
2020
medline:
24
7
2021
entrez:
3
7
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
The rachises of extant feathers, composed of dense cortex and spongy internal medulla, are flexible and light, yet stiff enough to withstand the load required for flight, among other functions. Incomplete knowledge of early feathers prevents a full understanding of how cylindrical rachises have evolved. Bizarre feathers with unusually wide and flattened rachises, known as "rachis-dominated feathers" (RDFs), have been observed in fossil nonavian and avian theropods. Newly discovered RDFs embedded in early Late Cretaceous Burmese ambers (about 99 million year ago) suggest the unusually wide and flattened rachises mainly consist of a dorsal cortex, lacking a medulla and a ventral cortex. Coupled with findings on extant feather morphogenesis, known fossil RDFs were categorized into three morphotypes based on their rachidial configurations. For each morphotype, potential developmental scenarios were depicted by referring to the rachidial development in chickens, and relative stiffness of each morphotype was estimated through functional simulations. The results suggest rachises of RDFs are developmentally equivalent to a variety of immature stages of cylindrical rachises. Similar rachidial morphotypes documented in extant penguins suggest that the RDFs are not unique to Mesozoic theropods, although they are likely to have evolved independently in extant penguins.
Banques de données
Dryad
['10.5061/dryad.18931zctm']
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
2121-2133Subventions
Organisme : NIAMS NIH HHS
ID : R01 AR060306
Pays : United States
Organisme : NIH HHS
ID : AR60306
Pays : United States
Organisme : NIH HHS
ID : AR47364
Pays : United States
Organisme : Human Frontier Science Program
ID : LT000728/2018
Commentaires et corrections
Type : ErratumIn
Informations de copyright
© 2020 The Authors. Evolution © 2020 The Society for the Study of Evolution.
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