Domestic pigeons
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Figure 1. Diversity among breeds of domestic pigeons (Columba livia). Variation among pigeon breeds is often of the magnitude observed among different species of birds, including beak size extremes of the (A) African owl and (B) Scandaroon; (C) the head crest of the Old German owl and (D) hood of the Jacobin; (E) supernumerary and elevated tail feathers of the fantail; and (F) scales versus (G) feathers on the lower leg and foot of the Brunner pouter and English pouter, respectively. (Photos in (A–D) modified from Stringham et al. (2012); original images in (A) and (D) courtesy of Thomas Hellmann.) Domestic pigeons
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Current Biology
دوره 23 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2013