Why Female Birds Have Bright, Colorful Feathers (1 of 3) (IMAGE)

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Why Female Birds Have Bright, Colorful Feathers (1 of 3)

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The Gouldian finch was one of 977 species examined by UWM biologist Peter Dunn and his research partners in a worldwide study of the evolution of bird colors. This photograph shows a male. This material relates to a paper that appeared in the 27 March 2015, issue of Science, published by AAAS. The paper, by P.O. Dunn at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in Milwaukee, WI, and colleagues was titled, 'Natural and sexual selection act on different axes of variation in avian plumage color.'

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Peter Dunn

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