Ultraviolet reflectance in a melanin-based plumage trait is heritable

Evolutionary Ecology Research

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 483-491

  Py, Isabelle ^a   Ducrest, Anne Lyse ^a   Duvoisin, Nadège ^a   Fumagalli, Luca ^a   Roulin, Alexandre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Colour polymorphism; Heritability; Melanin; Plumage coloration; Sex determination; Structural coloration; Tyto alba; Ultraviolet reflectance

Indexed keywords

STRIGIFORMES; TYTO ALBA;

EID: 33645785275     PISSN: 15220613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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