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(2010) Richard O. Prum   EVOLUTION

Social environment affects testosterone level in captive male blue–black grassquits

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Fossil Evidence for Evolution of the Shape and Color of Penguin Feathers

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Plumage Color Patterns of an Extinct Dinosaur

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Difference in Plumage Color Used in Species Recognition between Incipient Species Is Linked to a Single Amino Acid Substitution in the Melanocortin‐1 Receptor

(2009) J. Albert C. Uy et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

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(2009) Eunok Lee et al.   ANATOMICAL SCIENCE INTERNATIONAL

Many variations on a few themes: a broader look at development of iridescent scales (and feathers)

(2009) H. T Ghiradella et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Iridescent structural colour production in male blue-black grassquit feather barbules: the role of keratin and melanin

(2009) R. Maia et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface

A protean palette: colour materials and mixing in birds and butterflies

(2009) M. D Shawkey et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Melanin-Based Iridescent Feather Color in the Jungle Crow

(2009) Eunok LEE et al.   JOURNAL OF VETERINARY MEDICAL SCIENCE

Self-assembly of amorphous biophotonic nanostructures by phase separation

(2009) Eric R. Dufresne et al.   Soft Matter

Plumage characteristics, reproductive investment and assortative mating in tree swallows Tachycineta bicolor

(2008) Pierre-Paul Bitton et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

Exogenous and endogenous corticosterone alter feather quality

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