Pterosaur melanosomes support signalling functions for early feathers.
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Nature
ISSN: 1476-4687
Titre abrégé: Nature
Pays: England
ID NLM: 0410462
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
04 2022
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
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pubmed: 35444275
doi: 10.1038/s41586-022-04622-3
pii: 10.1038/s41586-022-04622-3
pmc: PMC9046085
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eng
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684-688Commentaires et corrections
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