Feather function and the evolution of birds

RS Terrill, AJ Shultz - Biological Reviews, 2023‏ - Wiley Online Library
The ability of feathers to perform many functions either simultaneously or at different times
throughout the year or life of a bird is integral to the evolutionary history of birds. Many …

[کتاب][B] The extended specimen: emerging frontiers in collections-based ornithological research

MS Webster - 2017‏ - books.google.com
The Extended Specimen highlights the research potential for ornithological specimens, and
is meant to encourage ornithologists poised to initiate a renaissance in collections-based …

Melanin-based structural coloration of birds and its biomimetic applications

DJ Jeon, S Paik, S Ji, JS Yeo - Applied Microscopy, 2021‏ - Springer
Melanin has been a widely researched pigment by scientists for decades as it is
undoubtedly the most ubiquitous and ancient pigment found in nature. Melanin plays very …

Transitions between colour mechanisms affect speciation dynamics and range distributions of birds

CM Eliason, MPJ Nicolaï, C Bom, E Blom… - Nature Ecology & …, 2024‏ - nature.com
Several ecogeographical 'rules' have been proposed to explain colour variation at broad
spatial and phylogenetic scales but these rarely consider whether colours are based on …

Decoupling of sexual signals and their underlying morphology facilitates rapid phenotypic diversification

JH Gallagher, DM Zonana, ED Broder… - Evolution …, 2022‏ - academic.oup.com
How novel phenotypes evolve is challenging to imagine because traits are often underlain
by numerous integrated phenotypic components, and changes to any one form can disrupt …

Evolution of brilliant iridescent feather nanostructures

KK Nordén, CM Eliason, MC Stoddard - Elife, 2021‏ - elifesciences.org
The brilliant iridescent plumage of birds creates some of the most stunning color displays
known in the natural world. Iridescent plumage colors are produced by nanostructures in …

Microstructures amplify carotenoid plumage signals in tanagers

DE McCoy, AJ Shultz, C Vidoudez, E van der Heide… - Scientific reports, 2021‏ - nature.com
Brilliantly-colored birds are a model system for research into evolution and sexual selection.
Red, orange, and yellow carotenoid-colored plumages have been considered honest …

Iridocytes mediate photonic cooperation between giant clams (Tridacninae) and their photosynthetic symbionts

S Rossbach, RC Subedi, TK Ng, BS Ooi… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2020‏ - frontiersin.org
Iridocytes, containing multiple stacks of proteinaceous platelets and crystalized guanine,
alternating with thin cytoplasm sheets, are specialized cells that act as multilayer nano …

Signal evolution and morphological complexity in hummingbirds (Aves: Trochilidae)

CM Eliason, R Maia, JL Parra, MD Shawkey - Evolution, 2020‏ - academic.oup.com
Understanding how animal signals are produced is critical for understanding their evolution
because complexity and modularity in the underlying morphology can affect evolutionary …

Reconstructing vertebrate paleocolor

J Vinther - Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences, 2020‏ - annualreviews.org
Melanin and other pigments are now well known to be important in exceptional preservation
of soft tissues in vertebrates and other animals. Because pigments confer coloration and …