Evaluation of guinea fowls by genetic markers of plumage color [PDF]
BIO Web of Conferences, 2023 The work was carried out at LLC “Genofond” of the Moscow region on gray-speckled, Zagorsk white-breasted, blue and cream guinea fowls of the VNITIP selection.
Roiter Ykov, Degtyareva Olga
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Plumage Color Patterns of an Extinct Dinosaur [PDF]
Science, 2010 Dinosaur Plumage Coloration and appearance provide important behavioral and evolutionary information in animals. However, for the most part, we do not know the coloration of fossil terrestrial animals. Li et al.
Li, Quanguo +8 more
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Sexual dichromatism and assortative mating by multiple plumage color traits in wild Chestnut Thrush
Avian Research, 2022 Sex differences in plumage color are common in bird species. Some bird species are regarded as sexually monochromatic in human visual systems, and in recent years, some species are found to be of cryptic (to human) sexual dichromatism by ...
Yingqiang Lou +5 more
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Methods for correcting plumage color fading in the Barn Swallow
Ornithological Science, 2008 Hasegawa Masaru +3 more
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The Growth Pattern of Brazilian Canela-Preta Chickens with Different Plumages Reared in Two Rearing Systems [PDF]
Brazilian Journal of Poultry Science, 2023 Growth pattern is essential for economically efficient poultry production. In this study, we aimed to describe the growth curve of chickens of the Canela-Preta breed reared in two different rearing systems, considering their different plumage colors ...
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Selection and Crossbreeding in Relation to Plumage Color Inheritance in Three Chinese Egg Type Duck Breeds () [PDF]
Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences, 2014 In China and South East Asia, the duck (common duck) is important in egg production for human consumption. Plumage color is a breed characteristic and of economic importance, together with egg production.
R. L. Lin +3 more
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Ultraviolet plumage colors predict mate preferences in starlings [PDF]
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 1997 Avian plumage has long been used to test theories of sexual selection, with humans assessing the colors. However, many birds see in the ultraviolet (<400 nm), to which humans are blind. Consequently, it is important to know whether natural variation in UV reflectance from plumage functions in sexual signaling.
Bennett, ATD +3 more
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Integration of spectral reflectance across the plumage: implications for mating patterns. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2011 In complex sexual signaling systems such as plumage color, developmental or genetic links may occur among seemingly distinct traits. However, the interrelations of such traits and the functional significance of their integration rarely have been examined.
Miklós Laczi +3 more
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Macroevolutionary bursts and constraints generate a rainbow in a clade of tropical birds
BMC Evolutionary Biology, 2020 Background Bird plumage exhibits a diversity of colors that serve functional roles ranging from signaling to camouflage and thermoregulation. However, birds must maintain a balance between evolving colorful signals to attract mates, minimizing ...
Jon T. Merwin +2 more
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Sexually selected male plumage color is testosterone dependent in a tropical passerine bird, the red-backed fairy-wren (Malurus melanocephalus). [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2011 BACKGROUND: Sexual signals, such as bright plumage coloration in passerine birds, reflect individual quality, and testosterone (T) may play a critical role in maintaining signal honesty.
Willow R Lindsay +2 more
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