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Dictionary » P » Plumage Plumageplumage (Science: zoology) The entire clothing of a bird. It consist of the contour feathers, or the ordinary feathers covering the head, neck, and body; the tail feathers, with their upper and lower coverts; the wing feathers, including primaries, secondaries, and tertiaries, with their coverts; and the down which lies beneath the contour feathers. Origin: F, from plume a feather.
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Results from our forumPlumage in common blackbirdHallo everyone I wonder about the inheritance in common blackbird. the female has always brown plumage and the male has black. What is the genetic way it happens? I have a lot of theories...
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Re: Epigenetics and Neoteny... does seem plausible, since epigenetics is used for regulation of timing in development. I would go on to speculate that the development of the plumage was halted, while the rest of the development into adulthood (sexual maturity) continued. And as you stipulated, that plumage was naturally ...
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Epigenetics and Neoteny... Diomedea epomophora epomophora the “Southern” Royal Albatross and Diomedia epomophora sanfordi the “Northern” Royal Albatross. In their juvenile plumage stage, the two birds are virtually identical, with upperwings black with very few traces of white. Thye differ slightly in terms of the extent ...
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Re:... do come to mind, which can only be caused by genetics. Environmental conditioning does not, for example, cause male peacocks to have and display plumage for sexual conquest, or for female peacocks to be wooed by said plumage.
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