Scientists have successfully genetically modified chickens to make their feathers resemble those of dinosaurs. This study is ...

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

In a nutshell Scientists temporarily reversed feather evolution in chickens by blocking a key developmental pathway, causing ...

From two weeks onwards, feather development in the embryos partially returned to normal. The chicks with the altered pathway ...

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

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

As part of their study of feather evolution, scientists have tried to restore the original appearance of chickens. They succeeded, but only temporarily. By inhibiting the key gene Sonic Hedgehog at ...

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

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