Environmental-induced acquisition of nuptial plumage expression: A role of denaturation of feather carotenoproteins?

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 272, Issue 1575, 2005, Pages 1893-1900

  Blanco, Guillermo ^a   Frías, Oscar ^b   Garrido Fernández, Juan ^c   Hornero Méndez, Dámaso ^c  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN RECURSOS CINEGÉTICOS IREC CSIC UCLM JCCM   (Spain)

^b Ministerio de Medio Ambiente   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO DE LA GRASA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Carduelis cannabina; Carotenoids; Feathers; High performance liquid chromatography; Keratin

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOPROTEIN;

CAROTENOID; COLOR; FEATHER; PLUMAGE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRD; CARDUELIS CANNABINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEATHER; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PIGMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEASONAL VARIATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

AVES; CARDUELIS CANNABINA;

EID: 26244442660     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2005.3157     Document Type: Article

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