Sexual Dimorphism in Melanin Pigmentation, Feather Coloration and Its Heritability in the Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Saino, Nicola ^a   Romano, Maria ^a   Rubolini, Diego ^a   Teplitsky, Celine ^b   Ambrosini, Roberto ^c   Caprioli, Manuela ^a   Canova, Luca ^d   Wakamatsu, Kazumasa ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b CP51   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^e FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EUMELANIN; MELANIN; PHEOMELANIN;

ABDOMEN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; FEATHER; FEATHER COLORATION; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HERITABILITY; HIRUNDO RUSTICA; HIRUNDO RUSTICA ERYTHROGASTER; HIRUNDO RUSTICA RUSTICA; ITALY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PIGMENTATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SWALLOW (BIRD); THROAT; TISSUE LEVEL;

ANIMALS; FEATHERS; FEMALE; INHERITANCE PATTERNS; MALE; MELANINS; PIGMENTATION; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SWALLOWS;

EID: 84874572146     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0058024     Document Type: Article

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