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Charting the course of reed-warblers across the Pacific islands

Alice Cibois, Jon S. Beadell, Gary R. Graves, Eric Pasquet, Beth Slikas, Sarah A. Sonsthagen, Jean-Claude Thibault, Robert C. Fleischer Journal of Biogeography, Vol ...
Nature

MHC class I typing in a songbird with numerous loci and high polymorphism using motif-specific PCR and DGGE

The major histocompatibility complex (MHC) has a central role in the specific immune defence of vertebrates. Exon 3 of MHC class I genes encodes the domain that binds and presents peptides from ...
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Environmental Conditions Influence Egg Color of Reed Warblers Acrocephalus scirpaceus and Their Parasite, the Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus

The outer layer of the eggshell in birds is in many cases covered by pigments that are assumed to be genetically determined traits with a negligible environmental component. To test the hypothesis ...
Los Angeles Times

Population of large-billed reed warbler, little-known bird, found in Afghanistan

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. The first known breeding area of one of the world’s rarest birds has ...