Showing off Pigeon Patterns (IMAGE)

University of Utah

Showing off Pigeon Patterns

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Senior author Mike Shapiro (left), holds a pigeon with the ancestral "bar" pattern on its wing feathers, named for the two horizontal stripes on the wing tips. Lead author Anna Vickrey (right) holds a bird with the checker pattern.

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University of Utah

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