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Macroevolutionary bursts and constraints generate a rainbow in a clade of tropical birds
BACKGROUND: Bird plumage exhibits a diversity of colors that serve functional roles ranging from signaling to camouflage and thermoregulation. However, birds must maintain a balance between evolving colorful signals to attract mates, minimizing conspicuousness to predators, and optimizing adaptation...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2020
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7041239/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32093609 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12862-020-1577-y |