Reconstructing the evolution of sexual dichromatism: Current color diversity does not reflect past rates of male and female change

Evolution

Volumn 68, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 2026-2037

  Price, J Jordan ^a   Eaton, Muir D ^b  

^a ST MARY'S COLLEGE OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b DRAKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Icterid; Phylogeny; Plumage evolution; Sexual dimorphism; Sexual selection; Vision

Indexed keywords

COLOR MORPH; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PLUMAGE; RECONSTRUCTION; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SEXUAL SELECTION; SONGBIRD; VISION;

ANIMAL; COLOR VISION; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; MALE; MATE CHOICE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENTATION; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SONGBIRD;

ANIMALS; COLOR PERCEPTION; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; MALE; MATING PREFERENCE, ANIMAL; PASSERIFORMES; PIGMENTATION; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 84903531077     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/evo.12417     Document Type: Article

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