Developmental integration of feather growth and pigmentation and its implications for the evolution of diet-derived coloration

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution

Volumn 318 B, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 59-70

  Landeen, Elizabeth A ^a   Badyaev, Alexander V ^a  

^a The University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOID;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DIET; EVOLUTION; FEATHER; FINCH; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENTATION;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CAROTENOIDS; DIET; FEATHERS; FINCHES; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PIGMENTATION;

AVES; CARPODACUS MEXICANUS;

EID: 83555165039     PISSN: 15525007     EISSN: 15525015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.b.21445     Document Type: Article

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