The Topobiology of Chemical Elements in Seabird Feathers

• Published in: Scientific reports Vol. 7; no. 1; pp. 1998 - 9
• Main Authors: R. Howell, Nicholas, Lavers, Jennifer L., Uematsu, Sayaka, Paterson, David, Howard, Daryl L., Spiers, Kathryn, Jonge, Martin D. de, Hanley, Tracey, Garrett, Richard, Banati, Richard B.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 17.05.2017; Nature Publishing Group; Nature Portfolio
• Subjects: 140/146; 631/136/1660; 631/158; 631/535/1261; Animals; Birds; Chemical elements; Copper - chemistry; Diurnal; Feathers; Feathers - anatomy & histology; Feathers - chemistry; Humanities and Social Sciences; Iron - chemistry; Microscopy, Fluorescence; Models, Anatomic; Molting; Morphogenesis; multidisciplinary; Ontogeny; Organogenesis; Phenotype; Pigmentation; Procellariiformes; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Species; Stem cell transplantation; Stem cells

The highly organized morphogenesis of bird feathers holds important phylo- and ontogenetic information on the evolution of birds, organogenesis, tissue regeneration, and the health status of individual animals. Altered topobiological patterns are regularly used as retrospective evidence for disturbe...