Here's an interesting study.
Best,
Karen in western PA, USA
"The pigment cell system in the Light Sussex fowl."
By J COHEN
Article in Publication: Journal of embryology and experimental morphology, 1959 Sep; 7: 361-74
Database: From MEDLINE/PubMed
, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.
ISBN/ISSN: 0950-1991 . "Summary" and the paragraph directly above it sum it up very well.
Fascinating. It seems this study reveals that each feathers' color isn't programmed
individually, but by how each feather interacts with the epidermis .
Find it at: http://tinyurl.com/ygrb7bb (just click on the "download button" .)
thanks I will be reading it..
