ArticleCurrent biology : CB2018
Colouration Genetics: Pretty Polymorphic Parrots.
Article in Current biology : CB, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.
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- Biochemical and Genomic Underpinnings of Carotenoid Colour Variation Across a Hybrid Zone Between South Asian Flameback Woodpeckers.Molecular ecology · 2025Article
- A molecular mechanism for bright color variation in parrots.Science (New York, N.Y.) · 2024Article
- Theoretical Insight into Psittacofulvins and Their Derivatives.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Recent advances in amniote palaeocolour reconstruction and a framework for future research.Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society · 2020Article
- Genetic and Molecular Basis of Feather Diversity in Birds.Genome biology and evolution · 2018Review
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Abstract
The bright yellow, green and red feathers of parrots depend on unique pigments termed 'psittacofulvins'. The discovery of a gene underlying psittacofulvin colouration shows that this evolutionary innovation was achieved by co-opting an existing gene into feather development.
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