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13 Cards in this Set
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HWI is critical in interpreting.. |
Relationship between shape and flight |
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Maculated |
Reference to pattern on egg such as specks or blotches. Background color deposited first and then the patterns |
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Color of egg is correlated with... |
Breeding environment |
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Blue Green pigment in eggs |
Biliverdin |
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Brownish red pigment on eggs |
Protoporyphin |
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Egg pigments is like.. |
Going to home depot, buying two paints and generating all egg color based on them |
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Proto poryphin and biliverdim are derived from... |
Synthesis. Egg shells and coloration primarily attributed to pigments. Structural color plays part in feather coloration |
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Methodology of experiment on eggs |
-Measured museum eggs reflectance 636 species of all orders -Ploted them to see perception of birds of eggs -from bird POV there is 200 to 400 times less diversity in eggs compared to festher -we perceive much more diversity in eggs than feathers -able to generate full color spectrum from 3 eggs colors -these two pigments could produce all color. Might be due to requirements of egg like camouflage and antimicrobial defense, solar radiation or recognition made easy |
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Robin egg pigment |
Purely biliverdim based |
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Peregrine falcon egg oigment |
Purely protoporyphin |
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Northern fulmars egg |
White no pigment |
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Wavelength of biliverdin |
500 |
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Wavelength of proto poryphin |
560ish |
