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Showing 1 to 4 of 4 for “"galliform birds"”.
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Uridinediphosphate-glucuronosyltransferase (UDP-GT) Ontogeny and PCB Effects in Galliform Birds
… but little is known of UDP-GT activity in birds. To determine the ontogenic pattern of UDP-GT activity in precocial birds, we measured activity in Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica) liver at days 12 and 14 of the 16.5-day incubation, 3 perihatch stages and <1, 1, 4, 6, 7, 20 and 42 days …
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The evolutionary genetics of sexually selected plumage colour traits in the galliform birds
Extravagant male plumage traits in birds are a classic example of sexual selection. However we know very little about the units that selection is acting upon, the genes themselves – what are they and how are they influenced by sexual selection? In this study I focused on in the evolution and …
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Parasite communities of wild turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo) in Colorado
Wild turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo) are large galliform birds, are commonly hunted birds, and they are non-migratory. Wild turkeys were originally found over most of the United States. In the early 1900s they experienced widespread population declines which are thought to have been caused by …
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A Baraminological Analysis of the Land Fowl (Class Aves, Order Galliformes)
This thesis was written under the direction of Dr. Timothy Brophy, professor of biology at Liberty University, Lynchburg, Virginia.