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Genetic and environmental components of variation in eumelanin and phaeomelanin sex-traits in the barn owl.

Heredity - 1 May 2003

Roulin A, Dijkstra C

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Knowledge of the mechanism underlying the expression of melanin-based sex-traits may help us to understand their signalling function. Potential sources of inter-individual variation are the total amount of melanins produced but also how biochemical precursors are allocated into the eumelanin and phaeomelanin pigments responsible for black and reddish-brown colours, respectively. In the barn owl (Tyto alba), a...

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PMID: 12714980
DOI: 10.1038/sj.hdy.6800260

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