Did Hair and Feathers Come from Fish Scales?

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By Ken Ham

Zebrafish are one of the most commonly used research animals in the world—the lab rats, if you will, of the fish world—and various scientific studies use them for a wide variety of purposes. Because of their frequent use, zebrafish often show up as part of evolutionary research, including a recent study comparing their scales to hair and feathers.

This particular study looked at the molecular mechanisms of scale development in zebrafish, something that had been relatively overlooked until now. The article begins with the statement,

When sea creatures first began crawling and slithering onto land about 385 million years …read more

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