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Selective biodegradation of keratin matrix in feather rachis reveals classic bioengineering.
While no living birds have teeth, the extinct bird Archaeopteryx had teeth, fingers on its wings, and a long tail.Dinosaurs did not evolve into birds. You are using a browser version with limited support for CSS.
Our treatment procedure was identical for all modern reference samples. Press, 2006).Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, 20742, USAHollingworth, N. T. J. Comparisons of the structural and chemical properties of black and red human hair melanosomes.
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