MC1R-dependent, melanin-based colour polymorphism is associated with cell-mediated response in the Eleonora’s falcon

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Molecular and Evolutionary History of Melanism in North American Gray Wolves

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Carotenoids are minor antioxidants for birds

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All across Africa: highly individual migration routes of Eleonora's falcon

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