Evolution of long-term coloration trends with biochemically unstable ingredients

Evolution of long-term coloration trends with biochemically unstable ingredients

The evolutionarily persistent and widespread use of carotenoid pigments in animal coloration contrasts with their biochemical instability. Consequently, evolution of carotenoid-based displays should include mechanisms to accommodate or limit pigment degradation. In birds, this could involve two stra...

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Main Authors: Higginson, Dawn M., Belloni, Virginia, Davis, Sarah N., Morrison, Erin S., Andrews, John E., Badyaev, Alexander V.
Other Authors: Univ Arizona, Dept Ecol & Evolutionary Biol
Language:en
Published: ROYAL SOC 2016
Subjects:
biochemical stability
carotenoids
evolutionary transitions
integration
moult
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10150/620830
http://arizona.openrepository.com/arizona/handle/10150/620830

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