A description of unique fluorescent yellow pigments in penguin feathers [1]

Pigment Cell Research

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 301-304

  McGraw, Kevin J ^a   Toomey, Matthew B ^a   Nolan, Paul M ^a,b   Morehouse, Nathan I ^a   Massaro, Melanie ^c   Jouventin, Pierre ^d  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b The Citadel ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^d CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Birds; HPLC; Plumage; Pterin; Reflecting platelets; Sphenisciformes; Yellow pigmentation

Indexed keywords

PIGMENT;

AUTOFLUORESCENCE; FEATHER; LETTER; LIGHT ABSORPTION; NONHUMAN; PENGUIN; PROTEIN ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; FEATHERS; FLUORESCENCE; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL; PTERINS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; SPHENISCIDAE;

AVES; SPHENISCIDAE; SPHENISCIFORMES;

EID: 34447345939     PISSN: 08935785     EISSN: 16000749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0749.2007.00386.x     Document Type: Letter

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