History and mechanisms of carotenoid plumage evolution in the New World orioles (Icterus)

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part - B: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 172-173, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-8

  Friedman, Nicholas R ^a,c   McGraw, Kevin J ^b   Omland, Kevin E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PALACKÝ UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Ancestral state reconstruction; Bird coloration; Carotenoids; HPLC

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CAROTENOID; XANTHOPHYLL;

ARTICLE; BIRD; CLADISTICS; COLOR; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FEATHER; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; ICTERUS GULARIS; IDENTITY; MEASUREMENT; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; OXYGENATION; PHYLOGENY; PIGMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; ANIMAL; EVOLUTION; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SONGBIRD;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CAROTENOIDS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; FEATHERS; LUTEIN; PASSERIFORMES; PHYLOGENY; PIGMENTATION;

EID: 84899677344     PISSN: 10964959     EISSN: 18791107     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpb.2014.03.004     Document Type: Article

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