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Toward Understanding the Repeated Occurrence of Associations between Melanin-Based Coloration and Mu...

Toward Understanding the Repeated Occurrence of Associations between Melanin-Based Coloration and Mu...

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Toward Understanding the Repeated Occurrence of Associations between Melanin-Based Coloration and Multiple Phenotypes

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Toward Understanding the Repeated Occurrence of Associations between Melanin-Based Coloration and Multiple Phenotypes

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United States: The University of Chicago Press

Journal title

The American naturalist, 2018-08, Vol.192 (2), p.111-130

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English

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United States: The University of Chicago Press

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Contents

Melanin is the most widespread pigment in organisms. Melanin-based coloration has been repeatedly observed to be associated with the same traits and in the same direction in different vertebrate and insect species. However, whether any factors that are common to different taxa account for the repeated evolution of melanin-phenotype associations rem...

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Toward Understanding the Repeated Occurrence of Associations between Melanin-Based Coloration and Multiple Phenotypes

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TN_cdi_crossref_primary_10_1086_698010

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_crossref_primary_10_1086_698010

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ISSN

0003-0147

E-ISSN

1537-5323

DOI

10.1086/698010

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