Poly wants a pigment
Saturday, February 14, 2009 - 05:21
in Paleontology & Archaeology
'What you see is what you get' often is the mantra in the highly competitive life of birds, as they use brilliant displays of colour to woo females for mating. Now researchers are finding that carotenoids - the compounds responsible for amping up red, orange, and yellow colours of birds - also may play a role in colour perception and in a bird's ability to reproduce, making it a cornerstone in birds' vitality...
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