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Uropygial secretion changes mouth colouration in starling nestlings.
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- Uropygial secretion changes mouth colouration in starling nestlings.Biology letters · 2024Article
- Colouration of the uropygial secretion in starling nestlings: a possible role of bacteria in parent-offspring communication.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2024Article
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Cosmetic colourations of animals have been mainly studied in scenarios of sexual selection, while there has been no assessment of the partial contribution of cosmetics to the final colouration of begging-related traits. In birds, the uropygial gland is functional soon after hatching, and we experimentally investigated the effects of uropygial secretion on mouth-flange colouration in spotless starling (
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