Steffen, John, Shepherd University, United States
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Proceedings of the West Virginia Academy of Science Vol. 91 No. 1 (2019): 94th Annual Meeting Abstracts - Meeting Abstracts-Oral
You are MORE than what you eat! The dietary basis to painted turtle spot and stripe color.
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Proceedings of the West Virginia Academy of Science Vol. 92 No. 1 (2020): 95th Annual Meeting Abstracts - Meeting Abstracts-Poster
Colorful turtles lack a preference for carotenoid-based food that maintains stripe and spot color.
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Proceedings of the West Virginia Academy of Science Vol. 92 No. 1 (2020): 95th Annual Meeting Abstracts - Meeting Abstracts-Poster
Disease affects carotenoid-based turtle coloration and may function as a condition-dependent indicator trait.
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