Re: [Re: Origin of feathers]

[Jeff Poling <jpoling@dinosauria.com>]

At 03:47 AM 4/10/98 EDT, Dinogeorge wrote:
>As far as I know, feathers are an evolutionary novelty, not a modification of
>an existing structure--unless, perhaps, the keratinous covering of early-
>archosaur scutes was modified into feathers. Anyone know of any comparative
>analyses of the chemical compositions of croc scute keratins with feather
>keratins?

   Alan Brush commented on this a coupla years ago on the List.  It's sure
to be in the archives.

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