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Feathers

Known as: Feather, feathered, feathering 
Flat keratinous structures found on the skin surface of birds. Feathers are made partly of a hollow shaft fringed with barbs. They constitute the… 
National Institutes of Health

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AllergensBlood supply aspectsBudgerigar feather Ab.IgE:Ratio:Pt:Ser:QnCanary feather Ab.IgE:ACnc:Pt:Ser:Qn

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Highly Cited
2018
Highly Cited
2018
Structural absorption by barbule microstructures of super black bird of paradise feathers
Many studies have shown how pigments and internal nanostructures generate color in nature. External surface structures can also… 
Highly Cited
2010
Highly Cited
2010
How Noniridescent Colors Are Generated by Quasi‐ordered Structures of Bird Feathers
We investigate the mechanism of structural coloration by quasi‐ordered nanostructures in bird feather barbs. Small‐angle X‐ray… 
Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
The colour of fossil feathers
Feathers are complex integumentary appendages of birds and some other theropod dinosaurs. They are frequently coloured and… 
Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Isotopic Discrimination between Food and Blood and Feathers of Captive Penguins: Implications for Dietary Studies in the Wild
Using measurements of naturally occurring stable isotopes to reconstruct diets or source of feeding requires quantifying isotopic… 
Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Coloration strategies in peacock feathers
We report the mechanism of color production in peacock feathers. We find that the cortex in differently colored barbules, which… 
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Factors That Influence Assimilation Rates and Fractionation of Nitrogen and Carbon Stable Isotopes in Avian Blood and Feathers
By switching great skuas Catharacta skua from one isotopically distinct diet to another, we measured diet‐tissue discrimination… 
Review
2002
Review
2002
The Evolutionary Origin And Diversification Of Feathers
Progress on the evolutionary origin and diversification of feathers has been hampered by conceptual problems and by the lack of… 
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Can Excrement and Feathers of Nestling Songbirds Be Used as Biomonitors for Heavy Metal Pollution?
Although birds have been frequently used as indicators of heavy metal pollution, few studies have examined pollutant levels in… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Two feathered dinosaurs from northeastern China
Current controversy over the origin and early evolution of birds centres on whether or not they are derived from coelurosaurian… 
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Linking breeding and wintering grounds of neotropical migrant songbirds using stable hydrogen isotopic analysis of feathers
Abstract Recent studies have shown that stable hydrogen isotope ratios (δD) in the tissues of animals often correlate with δD of… 
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