Feathers are complex skin structures, and their evolutionary beginnings are still a subject of scientific debate. Scientific ...

Feathers may have started as simple filaments in ancient dinosaurs, but a team of Swiss researchers is digging deep into the ...

Scientists recreate ancient proto-feathers in chicken embryos, revealing evolutionary resilience in feather development.

While a transient over-expression of the gene can permanently turn feet scales into feathers, it is much harder to disrupt ...

Feathers are among the most complex cutaneous appendages in the animal kingdom. While their evolutionary origin has been ...

Glypican members of the heparan sulphate proteoglycan family regulate several developmental signalling pathways, such as those involving Hedgehog, Wnt, BMP and FGF. Two studies reveal opposite ...

Several components of the hedgehog (Hh) pathway are crucial to basal cell carcinoma (BCC) tumorigenesis. Primary cilia have emerged as key organelles in Hh signal transduction in mammalian systems ...

Feathers, among the most intricate appendages in the animal kingdom, have long fascinated scientists regarding their ...

Scientists uncovered a key genetic pathway in the origin of feathers, but they found that evolution is stubborn in turning ...

Scientists now believe that feathers didn’t just appear suddenly in birds. Instead, they evolved step by step from much ...