Re: Request: Important papers on the evolution of feathers

[Jura <pristichampsus@yahoo.com>]

Here are a few that I've found helpful:

Sawyer, Roger H. and Knapp, Loren. 2003. Avian Skin
Development and the Evolutionary Origin of Feathers. J
Exp Zool (Mol Dev Evol). 298B: 57-72

Chuong, Cheng-Ming. Chodankar, Rajas. Widelitz,
Randall B. Jiang, Ting-Xin. 2000. Evo-Devo of feathers
and scales: building complex epithelial appendages.
Current Opinion in Genetics & Development. 10: 449-456


Wu, Ping, Hou, Lianhai, Plikus, Maksim, Hughes,
Michael, Scehnet, Jeffrey, Suksaweang, Sanong,
Widelitz, Randall B. Jian, Ting-Xin, and Chuong,
Cheng-Ming. 2004. Evo-Devo of amniote integuments and
appendages. Int. J. Dev. Biol. 48: 249-270

I have the pdfs of all of these. E-mail offlist if
you'd like copies. I also have a few on mammalian and
crocodylian integument formation; if you are looking
for something to compare them to.

Jason



--- Daniel Arndt <danielarndt@hotmail.com> wrote:

> For my Vertebrate Palaeontology course this
> semester, I've chosen to tackle the subject of the
> evolution of feathers. I've got some data here, but
> I'm looking for some more obscure, possibly older
> papers that have both conflicting and supporting
> information to the current synthesis. 
> 
> And yes, I was pointed towards American Zoologist:
> Vol. 30, No. 4 (2000) for the entire issue dedicated
> to this topic. That data, though informative and
> accurate, is starting to get a bit old.
> 
> Now to be clear, I'm not asking anyone to do my
> research for me, I'm just finding this paper to be a
> bit of a daunting task to give the proper treatment,
> so any help would be appreciated.
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Daniel Arndt
> Undergraduate, Natural Science
> University of Calgary
> 


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"I am impressed by the fact that we know less about many modern [reptile] types 
than we do of many fossil groups." - Alfred S. Romer


                
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