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Differential effects of endoparasitism on the expression of carotenoid- and melanin-based ornamental coloration.

The striking diversity of sexual dimorphisms in nature begs the question: Why are there so many signal types? One possibility is that ornamental traits convey different sets of information about the quality of the sender to the receiver. The colourful, pigmented feathers of male birds seem to meet t...

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Main Authors: McGraw, K J, Hill, G E
Formato: Artigo
Idioma:Inglês
Publicado: 2000
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Acceso en liña:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1690705/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11007328
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