Transient agonism of the sonic hedgehog pathway triggers a permanent transition of skin appendage fate in the chicken embryo

Cyclic growth of dermal papilla and regeneration of follicular mesenchymal components during feather cycling

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The Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway is involved in regulating feather growth of embryonic chicks

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Feather arrays are patterned by interacting signalling and cell density waves

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Conserved gene signalling and a derived patterning mechanism underlie the development of avian footpad scales

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Coupling of apical-basal polarity and planar cell polarity to interpret the Wnt signaling gradient in feather development

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(2018)   Genome Biology and Evolution

Comprehensive molecular and cellular studies suggest avian scutate scales are secondarily derived from feathers, and more distant from reptilian scales

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An ancient Turing-like patterning mechanism regulates skin denticle development in sharks

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Multiple Regulatory Modules Are Required for Scale-to-Feather Conversion

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Emergent cellular self-organization and mechanosensation initiate follicle pattern in the avian skin

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Developing an ancient epithelial appendage: FGF signalling regulates early tail denticle formation in sharks

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Molecular shifts in limb identity underlie development of feathered feet in two domestic avian species

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The anatomical placode in reptile scale morphogenesis indicates shared ancestry among skin appendages in amniotes

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Ptch2 shares overlapping functions with Ptch1 in Smo regulation and limb development

(2015) Olena Zhulyn et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Nuclear β-catenin localization supports homology of feathers, avian scutate scales, and alligator scales in early development

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Mechanisms of retinoic acid signalling and its roles in organ and limb development

(2015) Thomas J. Cunningham et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY

iDISCO: A Simple, Rapid Method to Immunolabel Large Tissue Samples for Volume Imaging

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Ptch2 mediates the Shh response in Ptch1-/- cells

(2014) A. C. Alfaro et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Crocodylians evolved scattered multi-sensory micro-organs

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(2012) M. Rhinn et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Fiji: an open-source platform for biological-image analysis

(2012) Johannes Schindelin et al.   NATURE METHODS

Crocodile Head Scales Are Not Developmental Units But Emerge from Physical Cracking

(2012) M. C. Milinkovitch et al.   SCIENCE

Small-molecule modulators of the Sonic Hedgehog signaling pathway

(2009) Benjamin Z. Stanton et al.   Molecular BioSystems

BMP2 and BMP7 play antagonistic roles in feather induction

(2008) F. Michon et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Zebrafish eda and edar Mutants Reveal Conserved and Ancestral Roles of Ectodysplasin Signaling in Vertebrates

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