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| Other authors / contributors: | Foth, Christian, editor.
Rauhut, Oliver W. M., editor.
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| ISBN: | 3030272230
9783030272234
3030272222
9783030272227
9783030272241
3030272249
9783030272258
3030272257
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| Digital file characteristics: | text file PDF
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| Notes: | Includes bibliographical references.
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 09, 2020).
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| Summary: | Feathers are one of the most unique characteristics of modern birds and represent the most complex and colourful type of skin derivate within vertebrates, while also fulfilling various biological roles, including flight, thermal insulation, display, and sensory function. For years it was generally assumed that the origin of flight was the main driving force for the evolution of feathers. However, various discoveries of dinosaur species with filamentous body coverings, made over the past 20 years, have fundamentally challenged this idea and produced new evolutionary scenarios for the origin of feathers. This book is devoted to the origin and evolution of feathers, and highlights the impact of palaeontology on this research field by reviewing a number of spectacular fossil discoveries that document the increasing morphological complexity along the evolutionary path to modern birds. Also featuring chapters on fossil feather colours, feather development and its genetic control, the book offers a timely and comprehensive overview of this popular research topic.
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| Other form: | Print version: Evolution of feathers. Cham : Springer, [2020] 3030272222 9783030272227
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| Standard no.: | 10.1007/978-3-030-27223-4
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