Bill Redness Is Positively Associated with Reproduction and Survival in Male and Female Zebra Finches

Sexual traits can serve as honest indicators of phenotypic quality when they are costly. Brightly coloured yellow to red traits, which are pigmented by carotenoids, are relatively common in birds, and feature in sexual selection. Carotenoids have been linked to immune and antioxidant function, and t...

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Autores principales: Simons, Mirre J. P., Briga, Michael, Koetsier, Egbert, Folkertsma, Remco, Wubs, Matthias D., Dijkstra, Cor, Verhulst, Simon
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2012
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3395645/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22808243
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0040721

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3395645/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22808243
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0040721

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