Discrete evolutionary color changes in caciques suggest different modes of carotenoid evolution between closely related taxa
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L. M. Kiere, C. M. Hofmann (correspondence), T. W. Cronin, and K. E. Omland, Dept. of Biol. Sci., Univ. of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD 21250, USA. E-mail: [email protected]. Present address of LMK: Dept. de Ecol. Evol., Inst. de Ecol., Univ. Nacional Autónoma de México. Present address of CMH: Dept. of Biol., Univ. of Maryland, Coll. Park, MD 20742, USA. J. J. Price, Dept. of Biol., St. Mary’s Coll. of Maryland, St. Mary’s City, MD 20686, USA.
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تاریخ انتشار 2009