How hollow melanosomes affect iridescent colour production in birds

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 280, Issue 1767, 2013, Pages

  Eliason, Chad M ^a   Bitton, Pierre Paul ^b   Shawkey, Matthew D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

Innovation; Morphospace; Proximate mechanism; Sexual selection; Structural colour

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; COLOR; COLOR MORPH; FEATHER; GAMEBIRD; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MORPHOLOGY; PASSERINE; PIGMENT; PLUMAGE; SEXUAL SELECTION; TRADE-OFF;

AVES; CINNYRICINCLUS LEUCOGASTER; MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO; STURNIDAE;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIRD; EVOLUTION; FEATHER; MELANOSOME; METABOLISM; PIGMENTATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; STARLING; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TURKEY (BIRD); ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BIRDS; FEATHERS; MELANOSOMES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PIGMENTATION; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; STARLINGS; TURKEYS;

EID: 84896060756     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2013.1505     Document Type: Article

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