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

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The global diversity of birds in space and time

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Reconstruction ofMicroraptorand the Evolution of Iridescent Plumage

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

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Candidate genes for carotenoid coloration in vertebrates and their expression profiles in the carotenoid-containing plumage and bill of a wild bird

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Fossilized melanosomes and the colour of Cretaceous dinosaurs and birds

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Plumage Color Patterns of an Extinct Dinosaur

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A Phylogenomic Study of Birds Reveals Their Evolutionary History

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Identification of the Yellow Skin Gene Reveals a Hybrid Origin of the Domestic Chicken

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