The evolution, maintenance and adaptive function of genetic colour polymorphism in birds

Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 815-848

  Roulin, Alexandre ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Alternative strategies; Birds; Condition dependent; Genetic colour polymorphism; Genetic correlation; Heritability; Heterosis; Pleiotropy; Polymorphism; Signal

Indexed keywords

BIRD; COLOR; DECISION MAKING; ECOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EVOLUTION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC REGULATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; INHERITANCE; LIFE HISTORY; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; TISSUE DIFFERENTIATION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BIRDS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; MALE; PIGMENTATION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; REPRODUCTION;

AVES;

EID: 9644287832     PISSN: 14647931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1464793104006487     Document Type: Review

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