Concordant evolution of plumage colour, feather microstructure and a melanocortin receptor gene between mainland and island populations of a fairy-wren

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 271, Issue 1549, 2004, Pages 1663-1670

  Doucet, S M ^a   Shawkey, M D ^a   Rathburn, M K ^b   Mays Jr , H L ^a   Montgomerie, R ^b  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fairy wrens; Feathers; Fourier analysis; Island; Melanin; Structural colour

Indexed keywords

KERATIN; MELANIN; MELANOCORTIN 1 RECEPTOR;

COLOR; EVOLUTION; FEATHER; ISLAND; ISOLATED POPULATION; PLUMAGE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BIRD; COLOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOLUTION; FEATHER; FOURIER ANALYSIS; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; LIGHT SCATTERING; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AVES; MALURUS; MALURUS LEUCOPTERUS; TROGLODYTES TROGLODYTES; TROGLODYTINAE;

EID: 4243151659     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2004.2779     Document Type: Article

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