How integument colour reflects its carotenoid content: a sticklebacks perspective
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Thomas W. Pike*, Bjørn Bjerkeng, Jonathan D. Blount, Jan Lindström and Neil B. Metcalfe Division of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Faculty of Biomedical & Life Sciences, Graham Kerr Building, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK; Nofima Marine AS (formerly Akvaforsk, Institute of Aquaculture Research AS), N-6600 Sunndalsøra, Norway; and Centre for Ecology and Conservation, School of Biosciences, University of Exeter, Cornwall Campus, Penryn, Cornwall TR10 9EZ, UK
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