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Plumage brightness and uropygial gland secretions in barn swallows
The uropygial gland has been hypothesized to play a role in sexual signaling through a “make-up” function derived from the effects of secretions from the gland on the appearance of the plumage and bare parts of the body. Here we show that plumage brightness of dorsal feathers of individual barn swal...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2019
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6430968/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30936906 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cz/zoy042 |