Characterization of the reflective materials and organelles in the bright irides of North American blackbirds (Icterinae)

Pigment Cell Research

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 96-104

  Hudon, Jocelyn ^a   Muir, Alister D ^b  

^a ROYAL ALBERTA MUSEUM   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Birds; Guanine; HPLC; Iris; Leucopterin; Pigment cells; Reflecting platelets; Xanthopterin

Indexed keywords

AGELAIUS PHOENICEUS; AVES; EMBERIZINAE; EUPHAGUS; EUPHAGUS CYANOCEPHALUS; ICTERINAE; TURDUS MERULA; VIREO OLIVACEUS; VIREONIDAE;

GUANINE; HYPOXANTHINE; LEUCOPTERIN; PIGMENT; PTERIDINE DERIVATIVE; PTERIN DERIVATIVE; XANTHOPTERIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; CELL ORGANELLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EYE COLOR; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IRIS; LIGHT; MALE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; EYE COLOR; GUANINE; HUMANS; HYPOXANTHINE; IRIS; LIGHT; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; ORGANELLES; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL; PTERIDINES; PTERINS; XANTHOPTERIN;

EID: 0030115479     PISSN: 08935785     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0749.1996.tb00096.x     Document Type: Article

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