Development and Evolution of Amniote Integuments

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Guest editor: Dr. Cheng-Ming Chuong and Dr. Dominique G. Homberger

 

A special issue of Journal of Experimental Zoology / Molecular and Developmental Evolution

(chief editor Dr. Gunter Wagner). Volume 298B,  Published:  August, 2003, Wiley-Liss, Inc,

 

Development and evolution of the amniote integument: Current landscape and future horizon (p 1-11) Cheng-Ming Chuong, Dominique G. Homberger

Adaptation to the land: The skin of reptiles in comparison to that of amphibians and endotherm amniotes (p 12-41)  Lorenzo Alibardi

Adaptation to the sky: Defining the feather with integument fossils from mesozoic China and experimental evidence from molecular laboratories (p 42-56)   Cheng-Ming Chuong, Ping Wu, Fu-Cheng Zhang, Xing Xu, Minke Yu, Randall B. Widelitz, Ting-Xin Jiang, Lianhai Hou

Avian skin development and the evolutionary origin of feathers (p 57-72)  Roger H. Sawyer, Loren W. Knapp

A hierarchical model of plumage: Morphology, development, and evolution (p 73-90)  Richard O. Prum, Jan Dyck 

Variations in the morphology, distribution, and arrangement of feathers in  domesticated birds (p 91-108) Thomas Bartels 

Molecular biology of feather morphogenesis: A testable model for evo-devo research (p 109-122) Randall B. Widelitz, Ting Xin Jiang, Mingke Yu, Ted Shen, Jen-Yee Shen, Ping Wu, Zhicao Yu, Cheng-Ming Chuong

The role of mechanical forces on the patterning of the avian feather-bearing skin: A biomechanical analysis of the integumentary musculature in birds (p 123-139)  Dominique G. Homberger, Kumudini N. de Silva 

Horse hooves and bird feathers: Two model systems for studying the structure and development of highly adapted integumentary accessory organs - the role of the dermo-epidermal interface for the micro-architecture of complex epidermal structures (p 140-151)  Hermann Bragulla, Ruth M. Hirschberg 

Evolution and development of mammalian limb integumentary structures (p 152-163)  Mark W. Hamrick 

Molecular biology of hair morphogenesis: Development and cycling (p 164-180)  Vladimir A. Botchkarev, Ralf Paus