Link between hairs, feathers and scales

March 23rd, 2017

‘Einstein' ( https://www.srf.ch/sendungen/einstein/uebersicht), the television magazine of science on Swiss German television reports (in German) on March 23, 2017 on our research that demonstrates the evolutionary link between hairs in mammals, feathers in birds and scales in reptiles.

Additional info is available in the original article:

  • The Anatomical Placode in Reptile Scale Morphogenesis Indicates Shared Ancestry Among Skin Appendages in Amniotes
    Di-Poï N., M. C. Milinkovitch
    Science Advances 2, 6 (2016)