Evolution of female carotenoid coloration by sexual constraint in Carduelis finches

BMC Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Cardoso, Gonçalo C ^a,b   Mota, Paulo Gama ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGAÇÃO EM BIODIVERSIDADE E RECURSOS GENÉTICOS   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; COLOR MORPH; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; NATURAL SELECTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PASSERINE; PIGMENT; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM;

CARDUELIS; FRINGILLIDAE;

CAROTENOID;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FINCH; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; PIGMENTATION;

ANIMALS; CAROTENOIDS; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FINCHES; HUMANS; MALE; PIGMENTATION;

EID: 77952046085     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-10-82     Document Type: Article

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