Pterosaur melanosomes support signalling functions for early feathers.


Journal

Nature
ISSN: 1476-4687
Titre abrégé: Nature
Pays: England
ID NLM: 0410462

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
04 2022
Historique:
received: 22 10 2021
accepted: 07 03 2022
pubmed: 22 4 2022
medline: 30 4 2022
entrez: 21 4 2022
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

Remarkably well-preserved soft tissues in Mesozoic fossils have yielded substantial insights into the evolution of feathers

Identifiants

pubmed: 35444275
doi: 10.1038/s41586-022-04622-3
pii: 10.1038/s41586-022-04622-3
pmc: PMC9046085
doi:

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eng

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IM

Pagination

684-688

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© 2022. The Author(s).

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Auteurs

Aude Cincotta (A)

Directorate Earth and History of Life, Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Brussels, Belgium. acincotta@naturalsciences.be.
Institute of Life, Earth and Environment, University of Namur, Namur, Belgium. acincotta@naturalsciences.be.
School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland. acincotta@naturalsciences.be.
Environmental Research Institute, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland. acincotta@naturalsciences.be.

Michaël Nicolaï (M)

Evolution and Optics of Nanostructures Group, Biology Department, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.

Hebert Bruno Nascimento Campos (HBN)

Centro Universitário Maurício de Nassau, Campina Grande, Brazil.

Maria McNamara (M)

School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland. maria.mcnamara@ucc.ie.
Environmental Research Institute, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland. maria.mcnamara@ucc.ie.

Liliana D'Alba (L)

Evolution and Optics of Nanostructures Group, Biology Department, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.
Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.

Matthew D Shawkey (MD)

Evolution and Optics of Nanostructures Group, Biology Department, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.

Edio-Ernst Kischlat (EE)

Divisão de Bacias Sedimentares, Geological Survey of Brazil, Porto Alegre, Brazil.

Johan Yans (J)

Institute of Life, Earth and Environment, University of Namur, Namur, Belgium.

Robert Carleer (R)

Research Group of Analytical and Circular Chemistry, Institute for Material Research, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium.

François Escuillié (F)

ELDONIA, Gannat, France.

Pascal Godefroit (P)

Directorate Earth and History of Life, Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Brussels, Belgium.

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