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Natural and sexual selection act on different axes of variation in avian plumage color

The bright colors of birds are often attributed to sexual selection on males, but in many species both sexes are colorful and it has been long debated whether sexual selection can also explain this variation. We show that most evolutionary transitions in color have been toward similar plumage in bot...

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Autores principales: Dunn, Peter O., Armenta, Jessica K., Whittingham, Linda A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Association for the Advancement of Science 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4643820/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26601146
http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.1400155

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