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Increased radiation from Chernobyl decreases the expression of red colouration in natural populations of bank voles (Myodes glareolus)

Pheomelanin is a pink to red version of melanin pigment deposited in skin and hair. Due to its bright colour, pheomelanin plays a crucial function in signalling, in particular sexual signalling. However, production of pheomelanin, as opposed to its dark alternative, eumelanin, bears costs in terms o...

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Publié dans:Sci Rep
Auteurs principaux: Boratyński, Zbyszek, Lehmann, Philipp, Mappes, Tapio, Mousseau, Timothy A., Møller, Anders Pape
Format: Artigo
Langue:Inglês
Publié: Nature Publishing Group 2014
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Accès en ligne:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5382704/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25413373
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep07141
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