EVOLUTION OF CAROTENOID PIGMENTATION IN CACIQUES AND MEADOWLARKS (ICTERIDAE): REPEATED GAINS OF RED PLUMAGE COLORATION BY CAROTENOID C4-OXYGENATION

The Vitamin A–Redox Hypothesis: A Biochemical Basis for Honest Signaling via Carotenoid Pigmentation

(2012) Geoffrey E. Hill et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

Ultraviolet visual sensitivity in three avian lineages: paleognaths, parrots, and passerines

(2012) Zachary Aidala et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY A-NEUROETHOLOGY SENSORY NEURAL AND BEHAVIORAL PHYSIOLOGY

Molecular diversity, metabolic transformation, and evolution of carotenoid feather pigments in cotingas (Aves: Cotingidae)

(2012) Richard O. Prum et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY B-BIOCHEMICAL SYSTEMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL PHYSIOLOGY

Variation in carotenoid-protein interaction in bird feathers produces novel plumage coloration

(2012) M. M. Mendes-Pinto et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Accelerated speciation in colour-polymorphic birds

(2012) Andrew F. Hugall et al.   NATURE

Yolk and Feather Carotenoids in Relation to Female Condition and Reproduction in the Yellow-headed Blackbird (Xanthocephalus Xanthocephalus)

(2011) Jennifer L. Newbrey et al.   AUK

Convergent gains of red carotenoid-based coloration in the New World blackbirds

(2011) Nicholas R. Friedman et al.   AUK

Gene Loss and Parallel Evolution Contribute to Species Difference in Flower Color

(2011) S. D. Smith et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

optix Drives the Repeated Convergent Evolution of Butterfly Wing Pattern Mimicry

(2011) R. D. Reed et al.   SCIENCE

CONVERGENT EVOLUTION OF RED CAROTENOID COLORATION IN WIDOWBIRDS AND BISHOPS (EUPLECTES SPP.)

(2010) Maria Prager et al.   EVOLUTION

Differential ability of carotenoid C4-oxygenation in yellow and red bishop species (Euplectes spp.)

(2009) Maria Prager et al.   COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY B-BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Discrete evolutionary color changes in caciques suggest different modes of carotenoid evolution between closely related taxa

(2009) Lynna M. Kiere et al.   JOURNAL OF AVIAN BIOLOGY

Losses of female song with changes from tropical to temperate breeding in the New World blackbirds

(2009) J. J. Price et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Evolution of Avian Plumage Color in a Tetrahedral Color Space: A Phylogenetic Analysis of New World Buntings

(2008) Mary Caswell Stoddard et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

ASSESSMENT OF SPECIES LIMITS AMONG YELLOW-BREASTED MEADOWLARKS (STURNELLASPP.) USING MITOCHONDRIAL AND SEX-LINKED MARKERS

(2008) F. KEITH BARKER et al.   AUK

CAROTENOIDS IN THE SEMINAL FLUID OF WILD BIRDS: INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION IN FAIRY-WRENS

(2008) MELISSAH ROWE et al.   CONDOR

Bird-pollinated flowers in an evolutionary and molecular context

(2008) Q. Cronk et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Convergence and parallelism reconsidered: what have we learned about the genetics of adaptation?

(2007) J ARENDT et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Visual pigment and oil droplet characteristics of the bobolink (Dolichonyx oryzivorus), a new world migratory bird

(2007) Robert C. Beason et al.   VISION RESEARCH