Molecular evidence of keratin and melanosomes in feathers of the Early Cretaceous bird Eoconfuciusornis
Volume: 113, Issue: 49
Published: Nov 21, 2016
Abstract
Microbodies associated with feathers of both nonavian dinosaurs and early birds were first identified as bacteria but have been reinterpreted as melanosomes. Whereas melanosomes in modern feathers are always surrounded by and embedded in keratin, melanosomes embedded in keratin in fossils has not been demonstrated. Here we provide multiple independent molecular analyses of both microbodies and the associated matrix recovered from feathers of a...
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Title
Molecular evidence of keratin and melanosomes in feathers of the Early Cretaceous bird Eoconfuciusornis
Published Date
Nov 21, 2016
Volume
113
Issue
49
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