Eiderdown has the highest fill power, at 1200. Additionally, other deeper-diving species such as penguins, loons, and alcids Dove (2000) typically have no expanded nodes, but do have prongs at the distal nodes that are morphologically similar to those of anseriforms. A diverse assemblage of Late Cretaceous dinosaur and bird feathers from Canadan amber. The word down comes from the Old Norse word dnn, which had the same meaning as its modern equivalent. Down feathers have loose-webbed barbs, all rising from the tip of a very short shaft. However, a study on molecular sexing and microsatellite genotyping of hyacinth macaw (Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus) found that despite using larger moulted feathers (with a size greater than 20cm) than in this study, feathers that spent more than 7days in the field and were of poor physical quality, had a low success rate in yielding sufficient DNA for genetic analysis (Presti et al. 2013). Because of that abnormal splitting, the bird's down appears to be matted; chicks with this condition look bristly and singed and tend to be lighter in body weight than normal chicks are. The two basic feather types are pennaceous and plumulaceous (or downy). Dinosaurs feather and chickens tooth? [8], The loose structure of down feathers traps air, which helps to insulate the bird against heat loss[5] and contributes to the buoyancy of waterbirds. Trudy Nicholson illustrated Figure 1. 2014). Copyright R Foundation for Statistical Computing, Vienna, Rawlence NJ, Wood JR, Armstrong KN, Cooper A (2009) DNA content and distribution in ancient feathers and potential to reconstruct the plumage of extinct avian taxa. Downy feathers have a loosely arranged structure that helps trap air close to the bird's warm body. Data were analyzed using Systat 9.0 SPSS (1998). Pennaceouspennaceouspen-AY-shusshaving an interlocking feather structure that creates a smooth surface, or vane feathers are stiff and mostly flat, a big difference that comes from a small alteration in structure; microscopic hooks on the barbules that interlock to form a wind and . Although the down feathers of various species of wildfowl, gulls and other seabirds have historically been used for insulation, most now come from domestic geese. Nucleic Acids Res 27:10561062. 2000). [16] In the Ghost Dance, a religious movement that became particularly widespread among the Plains Indians, each dancer held a painted feather that was tipped with a down feather painted with another color; the feathers were generally those of a crow, which was sacred to the Ghost Dance, or of an eagle, which was sacred to all tribes. Language links are at the top of the page across from the title. All rights reserved. 2016; Rusk 2017). 2013; Thiel et al. Our study species within Anatini included: Wood Duck (Aix sponsa), American Wigeon (Anas americana), Gadwall (A. strepera), American Black Duck (A. rubripes), Mallard (A. platyrhnychos), Mottled Duck (A. fulvigula), Blue-winged Teal (A. discors), Cinnamon Teal (A. cyanoptera), Northern Shoveler (A. clypeata), Northern Pintail (A. acuta), and Green-winged Teal (A. crecca). Distinguishing between ducks, geese, and swans by means of feather micro biometrics. Because a suite of microscopic feather characters can be used to discriminate the diving from the dabbling ducks, it is possible to distinguish some groups of ducks based on microscopic feather characters alone. 2002). 2010), as described in the small amplicon strategy section below, with and without a prior primerless PCR stage. McKellar, R. C., B. D. E. Chatterton, A. P. Wolfe, and P. J. Currie. The DNA concentration of each sample was quantified using the Invitrogen Qubit 3.0 Fluorometer, which has a DNA detection range of 0.50600ng/ml, using dsDNA High Sensitivity settings following the manufacturers protocol (Table1). A well-known result of this problem is the temporal paradox argument that is sometimes made against the theropod hypothesis of avian origins (i.e., how could birds evolve from theropods when the theropods seemingly most like those that gave rise to birds actually existed after birds evolved). We measured the following five plumulaceous feather characters in this study: Although diving ducks typically have expanded, triangular-shaped nodes that are morphologically similar to those of other Anseriformes, they may lack these expanded nodes on some barbules within a single plumulaceous barb. Agriculture Handbook 362, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C. Mayr, E. 1960. PubMed https://doi.org/10.1017/S0959270900003063, Hogan FE, Cooke R, Burridge CP, Norman JA (2008) Optimizing the use of shed feathers for genetic analysis. N Biotechnol 28:320325. Genome Res 3(3):S30S37, Article Chatterjee, S., and R. J. Templin. [14], Mutations in the genes that control the formation of down feathers have been recorded in a German White Leghorn flock. 2005). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.hdy.6800173, Haddad Y, Dostalova S, Kudr J et al (2017) DNA-magnetic particle binding analysis by dynamic and electrophoretic light scattering. J., https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1755-0998.2009.02793.x, Pellens R, Grandcolas P (2016) Phylogenetics and conservation biology: drawing a path into the diversity of life. Current ideas about the evolution of feathers are based on dinosaurs (theropods) that actually lived well after Archaeopteryx. The feathers on the backs of the feet will be the last to grow in because the eaglets will only gradually develop the strength and balance to walk on their toes like their parents do, and feathers would not withstand the wear and tear of constant contact with nest materials. Coordinate terms . 2013). [11] Of the various items birds use to line their nests, down feathers provide the most effective insulation, though only when dry; wet down is the least effective insulator. Primerless PCR has been used in studies of ancient DNA, including that of Weber et al. The results of this study pose interesting questions concerning the morphology of some downy feather characters and suggest that microscopic feather characters of ducks have functional significance. Most of the rest comes from Europe and Canada, from birds harvested for meat or pt. Anyone you share the following link with will be able to read this content: Sorry, a shareable link is not currently available for this article. Feathered coelurosaurs from China: new light on the arboreal origin of avian flight. Sci Rep 7:10768. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-10647-w, Waits LP, Paetkau D (2005) Noninvasive genetic sampling tools for wildlife biologists: A review of applications and recommendations for accurate data collection. https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gks596, Vili N, Nemeshzi E, Kovcs S et al (2013) Factors affecting DNA quality in feathers used for non-invasive sampling. The feathers are thin and are not good insulators. 2013). In: IUCN Red List birds. Forensic Sci Int. Box plots of dabbling (Anatini) and diving (Aythyini, Mergini) ducks showing a trend in the number of expanded nodes per barbule compared to foraging habits. Bird Conserv Int 6:181196. 2011). The spinous barbules were characteristic of pennaceous feathers. 2011. It furthers the University's objective of excellence in research, scholarship, and education by publishing worldwide, This PDF is available to Subscribers Only. B) Parts of a feather. 2013). 2009). This new find refutes the temporal paradox because Anchiornis lived several million years before Archaeopteryx and provides significant information on the temporal framework of theropod divergence. Biopreserv Biobank 14:264270, Mardis E, McCombie WR (2017) Agarose gel size selection for DNA sequencing libraries. 2008). Flight feathers (remiges and rectrices) are specialized types of pennaceous feathers, adapted for high loadings and often strongly asymmetric for improved flight performance[WP]. The emergence of evolutionary novelties. Updates? The histochemical reactivity of pennaceous and plumulaceous feathers for PAS, methylene blue, Mallory trichrome, safranin O, and orange G was detected. J Wildl Manage 69:14191433, Wan Q-H, Wu H, Fujihara T, Fang S-G (2004) Review which genetic marker for which conservation genetics issue? [7] It is also found in tinamous and herons. This study of microscopic feather characters provides quantitative evidence that deeply diving species lack the density of expanded nodes that is observed in dabbling and shallow-diving ducks. longer barbules, a larger number of. "GEOL 204 The Fossil Record: Feathered Dragons: The Origins of Birds and of Avian Flight", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pennaceous_feather&oldid=1153902673, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 4.0, This page was last edited on 9 May 2023, at 01:17. Wildl Soc Bull 21:339348, Dai Y, Lin Q, Fang W et al (2015) Noninvasive and nondestructive sampling for avian microsatellite genotyping: a case study on the vulnerable Chinese Egret (Egretta eulophotes). In contrast, plumulaceous feathers with different branching and presence or absence of barbules were all possible at the same time providing a specific morphogenetic process in barb ridges was present (Figure 18, Figure 20). 2003. Zhou, Z., P. M. Barrett, and J. Hilton. This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional. PLoS ONE 8:e82614. 2011). This tropical dry forest habitat has a minimum temperature of 22C and temperatures that can reach up to 32C, with a maximum rain fall of 259mm in the rainy season and a minimum of 67mm in the dry season (Meteostat 2018; Nelson et al. 2009; Williams, Hagelin & Kooyman 2015 ). Plumulaceous downy barbs are not to be confused with true down, which is a dif- ferent type of feather. Therefore, an improved method is needed to increase the biological value of low quality samples which have been kept in non-optimal conditions; particularly for endangered or elusive species for which invasive sampling methods are not possible (Broquet et al. Nature 410: 200-204. Feather structures. 2011). The calamus is hollow and has pith formed from the dry remains of the feather pulp, and the calamus opens below by an inferior umbilicus and above by a superior umbilicus. 2008. The variation in microscopic characters of plumulaceous feathers is well known to be useful as an aid in species identifications. On Sunday the two eaglets (BC14 and BC15) were covered with their light gray natal down. 2008; Vili et al. They did not evolve directly from reptilian scales, as once was thought. 2023 . Down forms clumps if exposed to dampness or moisture, and will mildew if left damp. CAS A negative control was also generated at this stage by exposing 25l of PCR reaction mix and no DNA template to the same PCR cycle to ensure no contamination or false amplification occurred during the primerless PCR process. 1978, Robertson et al. Google Scholar, Alda F, Rey I, Doadrio I (2007) An improved method of extracting degraded DNA samples from birds and other species. Anatini also typically had more barbules with expanded nodes than other groups studied here (Fig. 2004). The incubation step was increased to 48hours in order to achieve complete sample lysis on samples that are particularly difficult to digest (Bush et al. The identification of birds to various taxonomic levels using microscopic plumulaceous (downy) feather characters is well documented (Chandler 1916, Reaney et al. In addition, it will absorb and retain odors. J Appl Microbiol 89:735743. An integrated model of feather morphogenesis and evolution suggests that plumulaceous feather structure evolved by the establishment of activator-inhibitor interactions between Shh and Bmp2 signaling in the basal epithelium of the feather germ. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science USA 106: 832-834. Quantification of microscopic feather characters used in the identification of North American plovers. [2] The stalk above the calamus is a solid rachis having an umbilical groove on its underside. 2012) based on a cytochrome b sequence from the white-tipped dove (Leptotila verreauxi), whose whole mitochondrial genome is available on GenBank, accession number: NC_015190.1 (Pacheco et al. | Download Scientific Diagram FIGURE 1 - uploaded by Ana Agreda Content may be subject to copyright. Accessed 29 Mar 2019, Blockstein DE, Hardy JW (1989) The grenada dove (Leptotila wellsi) is a distinct species. El componente 1 explic el 51% de la variacin y se defini con base en dos caracteres que cuantificaron el nmero de brbulas con nodos expandidos y el nmero de nodos expandidos en las brbulas. Further, attempts to quantify feather characters in Charadriiformes have shown evidence of generic differentiation Dove (1997), phylogenetic signal, and possible convergence in some feather characters Dove (2000). A new feather type in a nonavian theropod and the early evolution of feathers. distinguished from down feather by having a rachis longer than any . Mol Phylogenet Evol 53:378383. J F Ornithol. ( b) Distal barbule of pennaceous feather. Examinamos la variacin que existe en cinco caracteres microscpicos del plumn en 18 especies de patos no zambullidores (Anatini) y zambullidores (Aythyini, Mergini) con el fin de cuantificar las diferencias entre tribus de patos, y para ofrecer una explicacin sobre cmo las ultra-estructuras del plumn estn influenciadas por diferentes requerimientos ecolgicos. While eagle feathers belonged to the Sun Priest, who planted them to the sun, other priests could use them if rain was needed, as the down is said to suggest "fleecy clouds that gather on the horizon before rain". Primary: one of the wing's outer flight feathers, which are attached to the fused bones of the bird's "hand." Most bird species have 9-10 primaries. Springer, Cham, pp 115, Chapter BioScience 53: 451-453. Am J Hum Genet 70:496508. Los caracteres microscpicos en aves no zambullidoras (Anatini) exhibieron nodos expandidos en forma triangular en las brbulas prximas, mientras que los zambullidores (Aythyini y Mergini) carecieron de nodos expandidos en algunas de las brbulas. Sequencing error can occur at any stage when obtaining genetic information but there are a number of actions that can be taken to minimise these errors (Bonin et al. Plumulaceous (downy) regions of a contour feather. 2014) of the 203bp region of cytochrome b gene outlined above. The long pennaceous leg feathers of Anchiornis, like those previously described for Microraptor and Pedopenna and Anchiornis, indicate that they served an aerodynamic function. Science 299: 402-404. In Brief Dinosaur fossils found in China have feathers that are more primitive than those of modern birds or even of the oldest known bird fossil. Additional specimen of Microraptor provides unique evidence of dinosaurs preying on birds, Exceptional dinosaur fossils show ontogenetic development of early feathers. The plumulaceous feathers found as syninclusions in DIP-SY-06231 are preserved all the way down to the calamus, preserving a hollow, pith-filled rachis. Component 1 explained 51% of the variation and was positively correlated with the characters that quantified the number of barbules with expanded nodes and the number of expanded nodes on barbules. 2005. This can aid in the identification of feathers from species of ducks involved in birdstrikes, wildlife law enforcement cases, and ecological studies of prey remains. These feathers grow continuously and are not moulted. Google Scholar, Diegoli TM, Farr M, Cromartie C et al (2012) An optimized protocol for forensic application of the PreCR repair mix to multiplex STR amplification of UV-damaged DNA. At the Bluff City nest in Tennessee this week (March 17-23, 2019) we are witnessing the three phases of feather development on a growing eaglet. Zoologica Scripta 14: 137-153. Google Scholar, BirdLife International (2019) Grenada Dove (Leptotila wellsi)BirdLife species factsheet. Feathers before flight. [26] An eiderdown duvet requires from 600 to 1,600 grams of eiderdown fill; a simple 800 gram duvet sells for about 640,000 Icelandic krna (US$5,116) as of 2021. Conserv Genet 8:249260. Bands from samples exposed to primerless PCR were visually clearer and brighter, which suggests a higher quality of DNA (Hughes-Stamm et al. Mol Ecol 3:401411. Prum, R. O., and A. H. Brush. Mol Phylogenet Evol 14:141151, Johnson M, Zaretskaya I, Raytselis Y et al (2008) NCBI BLAST: a better web interface. https://doi.org/10.1101/gr.095760.109, Suenaga H, Goto M, Furukawa K (2005) DNA Shuffling. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10336-013-0932-9, von Thaden A, Cocchiararo B, Jarausch A et al (2017) Assessing SNP genotyping of noninvasively collected wildlife samples using microfluidic arrays. This measured (to the nearest 0.001 mm) the distance between the first and second proximal triangular-shaped nodes of the proximal barbules at 630 magnification. Ardeola 54:331334, An Y, Chen L, Sun S et al (2011) QuikChange shuffling: a convenient and robust method for site-directed mutagenesis and random recombination of homologous genes. Journal of Experimental Zoology 285: 291-306. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0112979, Untergasser A, Cutcutache I, Koressaar T et al (2012) Primer3-new capabilities and interfaces. 11 MB. Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim, pp 1324, Thiel CS, Tauber S, Schtte A et al (2014) Functional activity of plasmid dna after entry into the atmosphere of earth investigated by a new biomarker stability assay for ballistic spaceflight experiments. This work was funded by the University of Chester. Although the elements of a normal down feather are present, a hyperkeratosis of the feather's horny sheath after 1617days of incubation results in the sheath not splitting as it should during the final stages of the feather's growth. All three primer sets successfully amplified DNA from our non-invasively collected samples (Fig. The diving ducks (Aythyini and Mergini) averaged fewer than two expanded nodes per barbule, whereas dabbling species (Anatini) averaged nearly three expanded nodes per barbule. Jenaische Zeitschrift fr Naturwissenschaft 55: 222-496. This process is improved when the DNA and silica are exposed to higher temperatures (Bruns et al. Differentiated barbules, terminal hooks (barbicels) 5. In this photo you can see the light gray tips of the natal down feathers that are being pushed out by the growing remiges. Many feathers have both fluffy plumulaceous regions and more structured pennaceous regions. Post the Definition of plumulaceous to Facebook, Share the Definition of plumulaceous on Twitter, Palter, Dissemble, and Other Words for Lying, Skunk, Bayou, and Other Words with Native American Origins, Words For Things You Didn't Know Have Names, Vol. It is actually intermediate between the birds that we see flying around in our backyards and the predatory dinosaurs like Deinonychus. Four-winged dinosaurs from China. The Primer3 output for the designed primers is provided in Online Resource 1. PeerJ 7:e6570. To quantify this observation, we examined samples of five adjacent proximal barbules on each of three separate basal barbs for each individual specimen. Feather topography. Firstly, consensus sequences were obtained for each amplicon by aligning the forward and reverse sequence data in NCBI Basic Local Alignment Search Tool (BLAST) (Johnson et al. A bizarre Jurassic maniraptoran from China with elongate ribbon-like feathers. Trends Ecol Evol 29:358367. Theory of the growth and evolution of feather shape. http://www.zoology.ubc.ca/~bio336/Bio336/Lectures/Lecture5/Overheads.html, A pre-Archaeopteryx troodontid theropod with feathers, Model tests of gliding with different hindwing configurations in the four-winged dromaeosaurid, A pre-Archaeopteryx troodontid theropod from China with long feathers on the metatarsus. The combination of simple alterations to a 'user-developed' method, comprised of . Mol Ecol 10:593602, Nielsen ES, Beger M, Henriques R et al (2017) Multispecies genetic objectives in spatial conservation planning. 2015), and these methods have the potential to cause stress and affect the behaviour of an individual, even if such effects are short term (Broquet et al. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 274: 1823-1829. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. [9] Pollutants can reduce the efficiency of these functions. Development and evolutionary origin of feathers. The meaning of PLUMULACEOUS is relating to or like a plumule. [27] Down insulation is rated by fill power, which is the number of cubic inches displaced by a given ounce of down (in3/oz). Studies have shown a high level of correlation between the level of metal contamination in a bird's diet and the level found in its feathers, with the proportion of the chemicals found in its feathers remaining relatively constant (and relatively high for some metals). We examined plumulaceous feather characters (morphometric and observed pigmentation patterns [qualitative]) within three avian families (Cathartidae, Pandionidae, Accipitridae) occurring . 2006; Fischer et al. A. Bogdanovich. 2015). Chen, P., Z. Dong, and S. Zhen. They are used to make the bodies, tails and wing casings of the flies. The model is congruent with paleontological evidence that plumulaceous feathers are primitive to pennaceous feathers. In conclusion, the optimised user-developed DNA extraction protocol, along with the use of the primerless PCR technique, and a small amplicon PCR strategy, are sufficient to enable DNA extraction and mtDNA amplification from moulted plumulaceous feathers collected non-invasively and opportunistically in the field. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2016.04.018, Gebhardt KJ, Waits LP (2008) High error rates for avian molecular sex identification primer sets applied to molted feathers.
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