ReviewSeminars in cell & developmental biology2007
Mammary glands and feathers: comparing two skin appendages which help define novel classes during vertebrate evolution.
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- Modification of Keratin Integrations and the Associated Morphogenesis in Frizzling Chicken Feathers.Biology · 2024Article
- Spatiotemporal modulation of growth factors directs the generation of multilineage mouse embryonic stem cell-derived mammary organoids.Developmental cell · 2024Article
- A shark-inspired general model of tooth morphogenesis unveils developmental asymmetries in phenotype transitions.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2023Article
- The role of mineralocorticoids and glucocorticoids under the impact of 11β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase in human breast lesions.Medical molecular morphology · 2022Article
- Genome Assembly and Evolutionary Analysis of the Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata Reveal Strong Genome Conservation among Ducks.Genome biology and evolution · 2022Article
- Determinants and constraints of feather growth.PloS one · 2020Article
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- The Hair Follicle: An Underutilized Source of Cells and Materials for Regenerative Medicine.ACS biomaterials science & engineering · 2018Article
- Differential tissue growth and cell adhesion alone drive early tooth morphogenesis: An ex vivo and in silico study.PLoS computational biology · 2018Article
- Differentiation of Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells to Mammary-like Organoids.Stem cell reports · 2017Article
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- The "tao" of integuments.Science (New York, N.Y.) · 2016Article
- A Complex Structural Variation on Chromosome 27 Leads to the Ectopic Expression of HOXB8 and the Muffs and Beard Phenotype in Chickens.PLoS genetics · 2016Article
- Accelerated Evolution of Enhancer Hotspots in the Mammal Ancestor.Molecular biology and evolution · 2016Article
- Estrogens in the wrong place at the wrong time: Fetal BPA exposure and mammary cancer.Reproductive toxicology (Elmsford, N.Y.) · 2015Review
- Development, regeneration, and evolution of feathers.Annual review of animal biosciences · 2015Review
- SnapShot: Branching Morphogenesis.Cell · 2014Article
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Abstract
It may appear counter-intuitive to compare feathers and mammary glands. However, through this Evo-Devo analysis, we appreciate how species interact with the environment, requiring different ectodermal organs. Novel ectodermal organs help define evolutionary directions, leading to new organism classes as exemplified by feathers for Aves and mammary glands for Mammals. Here, we review their structure, function, morphogenesis and regenerative cycling. Interestingly, both organs undergo extensive branching for different reasons; feather branching is driven by mechanical advantage while mammary glands nourish young. Besides natural selection, both are regulated by sex hormones and acquired a secondary function for attracting mates, contributing to sexual selection.
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