The Evolution of Feathers From Their Origin to the Present
Feathers are one of the most unique characteristics of modern birds and represent the most complex and colourful type of skin derivate within vertebrates, while also fulfilling various biological roles, including flight, thermal insulation, display, and sensory function. For years it was generally a...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Springer International Publishing
2020, 2020
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2020 |
| Series: | Fascinating Life Sciences
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- 1. Introduction to the morphology, development, and ecology of feathers
- 2. Molecular and cellular mechanisms of feather development provide a basis for diverse evolution of feather forms
- 3. The origin of birds: current consensus, controversy, and the occurrence of feathers
- 4. Integumentary structures in Kulindadromeus zabaikalicus, a basal neornithischian dinosaur from the Jurassic of Siberia
- 5. Filamentous integuments in non-avialan theropods and their kin: advances and future perspectives for understanding the evolution of feathers
- 6. Two of a feather: A comparison of the preserved integument in the juvenile theropod dinosaurs Sciurumimus and Juravenator from the Kimmeridgian Torleite Formation of southern Germany
- 7. Feather evolution in Pennaraptora
- 8. The feathers of the Jurassic Urvogel Archaeopteryx
- 9. The plumage of basal birds
- 10. A morphological review of the enigmatic elongated tail feathers of stem birds
- 11. Review on color patterns of fossil feathers
- 12. On the ancestry of feathers in Mesozoic dinosaurs