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

Friedman, Nicholas R; McGraw, Kevin J; Omland, Kevin E

Friedman, Nicholas R; McGraw, Kevin J; Omland, Kevin E.

Affiliation

Friedman NR; Department of Biological Sciences, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD 21250, USA; Department of Zoology & Laboratory of Ornithology, Faculty of Science, Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci, Olomouc 779 00, Czech Republic. Electronic address: friedmn1@umbc.edu.
McGraw KJ; School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, USA.
Omland KE; Department of Biological Sciences, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD 21250, USA.

Comp Biochem Physiol B Biochem Mol Biol ; 172-173: 1-8, 2014.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-24704520

Subject(s)

Carotenoids/physiology; Feathers/physiology; Passeriformes/physiology; Animals; Biological Evolution; Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; Lutein/metabolism; Phylogeny; Pigmentation

Key words

Ancestral state reconstruction; Bird coloration; Carotenoids; HPLC

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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Carotenoids / Passeriformes / Feathers Type of study: Prognostic_studies Limits: Animals Language: En Journal: Comp Biochem Physiol B Biochem Mol Biol Journal subject: BIOLOGIA MOLECULAR / BIOQUIMICA Year: 2014 Document type: Article Country of publication: United kingdom

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