The evolution of black plumage from blue in Australian fairy-wrens (Maluridae): Genetic and structural evidence

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 505-514

  Driskell, Amy C ^a   Prum, Richard O ^b   Pruett Jones, Stephen ^c  

^a SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; AMINO ACID; CLADISTICS; COLOR MORPH; ENDEMIC SPECIES; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; MELANISM; PASSERINE; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; PLUMAGE; PROTEIN; WING MORPHOLOGY;

AUSTRALIA; NEW GUINEA;

MALURIDAE; MALURUS LEUCOPTERUS; TROGLODYTINAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 77956767062     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: 1600048X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-048X.2009.04823.x     Document Type: Article

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