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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Natural and sexual selection act on different axes of variation in avian plumage color [PDF]
Science Advances, 2015 Peter O Dunn, Linda A Whittingham
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The Journal of Poultry Science, 2014 In contrast to other domestic and wild animals, the genetic variation of MC1R gene and association with plumage color has not been investigated in domestic goose.
Jing Huang +6 more
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AASLD practice guidance on drug, herbal, and dietary supplement–induced liver injury
, 2022 Hepatology, EarlyView.
Robert J. Fontana +6 more
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Assessment of the Expression of Phenotypic Traits in Male and Female Indigenous Chickens (Gallus gallus domesticus L.) in Rajshahi, Bangladesh [PDF]
Journal of Genetic ResourcesThis study aimed to identify and describe phenotypic traits of indigenous chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus L.) populations in five market sites in Rajshahi City, Bangladesh: Shaheb Bazar (S1), Court Bazar (S2), Vodra Bazar (S3), Binodpur Bazar (S4), and
Md. Rahman, M Rahman, Saiful Faruki
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Social environment affects acquisition and color of structural nuptial plumage in a sexually dimorphic tropical passerine. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2012 Structural colors result from the physical interaction of light with organic materials of differing refractive indexes organized at nanoscale dimensions to produce significant interference effects.
Rafael Maia +3 more
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Investigation of MC1R SNPs and Their Relationships with Plumage Colors in Korean Native Chicken [PDF]
Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences, 2013 The melanocortin 1 receptor (MC1R) gene is related to the plumage color variations in chicken. Initially, the MC1R gene from 30 individuals was sequenced and nine polymorphisms were obtained. Of these, three and six single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs)
M. R. Hoque +5 more
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Journal of Field Ornithology, 2023 Animal coloration is an important communication signal that varies among taxa and affects survival and reproduction. Species-specific color is influenced by a variety of factors including phylogeny, predation, sexual selection, light and resource ...
Sydney M Miller +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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Annals of Tropical Research, 2020 The Philippines has a number of chicken genetic groups, mostly of non-descript and indigenous type. In view of the need to expand the information on native chicken diversity, this study was conducted to identify distinct qualitative traits and estimate ...
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