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Confirmation of ovarian follicles in an enantiornithine (Aves) from the Jehol biota using soft tissue analyses | |
Bailleul, Alida M.1,2; O'Connor, Jingmai1,2; Li, Zhiheng1,2; Wu, Qian1,2; Zhao, Tao3; Monleon, Mario A. Martinez4; Wang, Min1,2; Zheng, Xiaoting5,6 | |
2020-07-28 | |
发表期刊 | COMMUNICATIONS BIOLOGY |
卷号 | 3期号:1页码:8 |
摘要 | The remains of ovarian follicles reported in nine specimens of basal birds represents one of the most remarkable examples of soft-tissue preservation in the Early Cretaceous Jehol Biota. This discovery was immediately contested and the structures alternatively interpreted as ingested seeds. Fragments of the purported follicles preserved in an enantiornithine (STM10-12) were extracted and subjected to multiple high-resolution analyses. The structures in STM10-12 possess the histological and histochemical characteristics of smooth muscles fibers intertwined together with collagen fibers, resembling the contractile structure in the perifollicular membrane (PFM) of living birds. Fossilized blood vessels, very abundant in extant PFMs, are also preserved. Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy shows the preserved tissues primarily underwent alumino-silicification, with minor mineralization via iron oxides. No evidence of plant tissue was found. These results confirm the original interpretation as follicles within the left ovary, supporting the interpretation that the right ovary was functionally lost early in avian evolution. Bailleul et al. employ histology, histochemistry and Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy to confirm the presence of disputed ovarian follicles in a specimen of fossil Cretaceous bird. These findings have implications for the evolution of the avian breeding system seen in birds today. |
DOI | 10.1038/s42003-020-01131-9 |
关键词[WOS] | BLOOD-VESSELS ; EXCEPTIONAL PRESERVATION ; CELLULAR PRESERVATION ; COLLAGEN ; EGGS ; REPRODUCTION ; LAGERSTATTE ; EVOLUTION ; BIRDS |
收录类别 | SCI |
语种 | 英语 |
资助项目 | National Natural Science Foundation of China[41688103] ; National Natural Science Foundation of China[41688103] ; National Natural Science Foundation of China[41688103] ; National Natural Science Foundation of China[41688103] ; Chinese Academy of Sciences-President's International Fellowship Initiative (CAS-PIFI) program ; Chinese Academy of Sciences-President's International Fellowship Initiative (CAS-PIFI) program ; Chinese Academy of Sciences-President's International Fellowship Initiative (CAS-PIFI) program ; Chinese Academy of Sciences-President's International Fellowship Initiative (CAS-PIFI) program |
WOS研究方向 | Life Sciences & Biomedicine - Other Topics ; Science & Technology - Other Topics |
WOS类目 | Biology ; Multidisciplinary Sciences |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000556713200002 |
出版者 | NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP |
引用统计 | |
文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.205/handle/311034/16640 |
专题 | 中科院古脊椎所(2000年以后) |
通讯作者 | Bailleul, Alida M. |
作者单位 | 1.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Vertebrate Paleontol & Paleoanthropol, Key Lab Vertebrate Evolut & Human Origins, Beijing 100044, Peoples R China 2.CAS Ctr Excellence Life & Paleoenvironm, Beijing 100044, Peoples R China 3.Chinese Acad Sci, Nanjing Inst Geol & Paleontol, State Key Lab Palaeobiol & Stratig, Nanjing 210008, Peoples R China 4.Charles Univ Prague, Dept Ecol, Fac Sci, CZ-12844 Prague, Czech Republic 5.Linyi Univ, Inst Geol & Paleontol, Linyi 276005, Shandong, Peoples R China 6.Shandong Tianyu Museum Nat, Linyi 273300, Shandong, Peoples R China |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Bailleul, Alida M.,O'Connor, Jingmai,Li, Zhiheng,et al. Confirmation of ovarian follicles in an enantiornithine (Aves) from the Jehol biota using soft tissue analyses[J]. COMMUNICATIONS BIOLOGY,2020,3(1):8. |
APA | Bailleul, Alida M..,O'Connor, Jingmai.,Li, Zhiheng.,Wu, Qian.,Zhao, Tao.,...&Zheng, Xiaoting.(2020).Confirmation of ovarian follicles in an enantiornithine (Aves) from the Jehol biota using soft tissue analyses.COMMUNICATIONS BIOLOGY,3(1),8. |
MLA | Bailleul, Alida M.,et al."Confirmation of ovarian follicles in an enantiornithine (Aves) from the Jehol biota using soft tissue analyses".COMMUNICATIONS BIOLOGY 3.1(2020):8. |
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