Image of the Day: Fancy Feet
The growth (or absence) of foot feathers—“muffs”—in these pigeons is regulated by the relative expression of hindlimb and wing development genes.
Mar 17, 2016
UNIVERSITY OF UTAH, SYDNEY STRINGHAM
(See E.T. Domyan et al., “Molecular shifts in limb identity underlie development of feathered feet in two domestic avian species,” eLife, 2016.)
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