Melanin-based sexual dichromatism in the Western Palearctic avifauna implies darker males and lighter females

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Melanins in Fossil Animals: Is It Possible to Infer Life History Traits from the Coloration of Extinct Species?

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Plumage colour and the expression of stress-related genes in gull chicks

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Gyrfalcons Falco rusticolus adjust CTNS expression to food abundance: a possible contribution to cysteine homeostasis

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Complex Plumage Patterns Can Be Produced Only with the Contribution of Melanins

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Bright birds are cautious: seasonally conspicuous plumage prompts risk avoidance by male superb fairy-wrens

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Condition-dependence of pheomelanin-based coloration in nuthatches Sitta europaea suggests a detoxifying function: implications for the evolution of juvenile plumage patterns

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The effect of colour-producing mechanisms on plumage sexual dichromatism in passerines and parrots

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The effects of life history and sexual selection on male and female plumage colouration

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Chronic exposure to low-dose radiation at Chernobyl favours adaptation to oxidative stress in birds

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On Showy Dwarfs and Sober Giants: Body Size as a Constraint for the Evolution of Bird Plumage Colouration

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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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Red human hair pheomelanin is a potent pro-oxidant mediating UV-independent contributory mechanisms of melanomagenesis

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Sexual Dimorphism in Melanin Pigmentation, Feather Coloration and Its Heritability in the Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)

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Association between melanism, physiology and behaviour: A role for the melanocortin system

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Human Vision Can Provide a Valid Proxy for Avian Perception of Sexual Dichromatism

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Oxidative damage and plasma antioxidant capacity in relation to body size, age, male sexual traits and female reproductive performance in the collared flycatcher (Ficedula albicollis)

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Variation in effects of male plumage ornaments: the case of Iberian Pied Flycatchers

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Multiple ways to become red: Pigment identification in red feathers using spectrometry

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