The morphogenesis of feathers.

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Published in Nature on October 30, 2002

Authors

Mingke Yu1, Ping Wu, Randall B Widelitz, Cheng-Ming Chuong

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Pathology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, 2011 Zonal Avenue, Los Angeles, California 90033, USA.

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