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Black bib size is associated with feather content of pheomelanin in male house sparrows

PIGMENT CELL & MELANOMA RESEARCH (2014)

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PIGMENT CELL & MELANOMA RESEARCH

Volume 27, Issue 6, Pages 1159-1161

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WILEY

DOI: 10.1111/pcmr.12313

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