Melanosome evolution indicates a key physiological shift within feathered dinosaurs

Reptiles Produce Pheomelanin: Evidence in the Eastern Hermann's Tortoise (Eurotestudo boettgeri)

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Pleiotropy in the melanocortin system: expression levels of this system are associated with melanogenesis and pigmentation in the tawny owl (Strix aluco)

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Iridescent colour production in hairs of blind golden moles (Chrysochloridae)

(2012) H. K. Snyder et al.   Biology Letters

Pheomelanin in the skin of Hymenochirus boettgeri (Amphibia: Anura: Pipidae)

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Reconstruction ofMicroraptorand the Evolution of Iridescent Plumage

(2012) Quanguo Li et al.   SCIENCE

New evidence on the colour and nature of the isolated Archaeopteryx feather

(2012) Ryan M. Carney et al.   Nature Communications

How colorful are birds? Evolution of the avian plumage color gamut

(2011) Mary Caswell Stoddard et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

Elaborate color patterns of individual chicken feathers may be formed by the agouti signaling protein

(2011) Chihiro Yoshihara et al.   GENERAL AND COMPARATIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY

Linking the molecular evolution of avian beta (β) keratins to the evolution of feathers

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The Developmental Role of Agouti in Color Pattern Evolution

(2011) M. Manceau et al.   SCIENCE

Local Agouti Signaling Protein/Melanocortin Signaling System that Possibly Regulates Lipid Metabolism in Adipose Tissues of Chickens

(2010) Masafumi Yabuuchi et al.   JOURNAL OF POULTRY SCIENCE

Fossilized melanosomes and the colour of Cretaceous dinosaurs and birds

(2010) Fucheng Zhang et al.   NATURE

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

(2010) J. A. Clarke et al.   SCIENCE

Plumage Color Patterns of an Extinct Dinosaur

(2010) Q. Li et al.   SCIENCE

Vertebrate pigmentation: from underlying genes to adaptive function

(2010) Joanna K. Hubbard et al.   TRENDS IN GENETICS

An Early Cretaceous heterodontosaurid dinosaur with filamentous integumentary structures

(2009) Xiao-Ting Zheng et al.   NATURE

The soft tissue of Jeholopterus (Pterosauria, Anurognathidae, Batrachognathinae) and the structure of the pterosaur wing membrane

(2009) A. W. A. Kellner et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Not just black and white: Pigment pattern development and evolution in vertebrates

(2008) Margaret G. Mills et al.   SEMINARS IN CELL & DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Pleiotropy in the melanocortin system, coloration and behavioural syndromes

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