Environmental and genetic effects on pigment-based vs. structural component of yellow feather colouration

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Matrková, Jana ^a   Remeš, Vladimír ^a  

^a PALACKÝ UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; CAROTENOID; RETINOL; XANTHOPHYLL; ZEAXANTHIN; PIGMENT;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOMANIPULATION; BIRD; CLUTCH SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG YOLK; EMBRYO; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEATHER; FEMALE; FOOD QUALITY; HATCHING; HEREDITY; NESTLING; NONHUMAN; PARUS MAJOR; PIGMENTATION; REARING; ANIMAL; GENETICS; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SONGBIRD;

AVES; PARUS MAJOR;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; CAROTENOIDS; FEATHERS; FEMALE; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; MALE; PASSERIFORMES; PIGMENTATION; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84860994982     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0036640     Document Type: Article

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