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Elevated testosterone levels during moult have contrasting effects on structural and carotenoid-based plumage colours in Eurasian Blue Tits

Lorenzo Serra, Auteur ; Matteo Griggio, Auteur ; Giulia Casasole, Auteur ; Simone Pirrello, Auteur ; Leonida Fusani, Auteur ; Andrea Pilastro, Auteur

Dans Ibis (167(1) January, 2025)

Feather colours can be produced by the organization of feather microstructure, by pigmentation (mainly due to melanins and carotenoids) or both. The expression of feather colours is usually influenced by testosterone (T) levels through several i[...]

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