Viability Is Associated with Melanin-Based Coloration in the Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)

• Nicola Saino ,

  * E-mail: nicola.saino@unimi.it

  Affiliation Department of Biosciences, University of Milan, Milan, Italy

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• Maria Romano,

  Affiliation Department of Biosciences, University of Milan, Milan, Italy

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• Diego Rubolini,

  Affiliation Department of Biosciences, University of Milan, Milan, Italy

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• Roberto Ambrosini,

  Affiliation Department of Biotechnology and Biosciences, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy

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• Manuela Caprioli,

  Affiliation Department of Biosciences, University of Milan, Milan, Italy

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• Aldo Milzani,

  Affiliation Department of Biosciences, University of Milan, Milan, Italy

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• Alessandra Costanzo,

  Affiliation Department of Biosciences, University of Milan, Milan, Italy

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• Graziano Colombo,

  Affiliation Department of Biosciences, University of Milan, Milan, Italy

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• Luca Canova,

  Affiliation Dipartimento di Biologia e Biotecnologie, Università degli Studi di Pavia, Pavia, Italy

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• Kazumasa Wakamatsu

  Affiliation Department of Chemistry, Fujita Health University School of Health Sciences, Toyoake, Aichi, Japan

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