Science News for Kids » crests http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org Publication of the Society for Science & the Public Sat, 18 May 2013 19:04:13 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Fancy feather gene http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2013/02/fancy-feather-gene/ http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2013/02/fancy-feather-gene/#comments Fri, 15 Feb 2013 18:18:13 +0000 Stephen Ornes http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/?p=15672 This Indian fantail, one of 350 breeds of rock pigeons, has a tuft of feathers called a peak crest. Scientists recently pinpointed the gene mutation responsible for this feather formation. Credit: Michael Shapiro

A tweak in a single pigeon gene causes a distinct feather formation]]> This Indian fantail, one of 350 breeds of rock pigeons, has a tuft of feathers called a peak crest. Scientists recently pinpointed the gene mutation responsible for this feather formation. Credit: Michael Shapiro

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