Evolutionary BiologyJournal of The Royal Society InterfacePeer-reviewed
Historical contingency influences the diversity of feather nanostructures in cuckoos
Klara Katarina Nordén, Christopher R. Cooney, Frane Babarović, Mary Caswell Stoddard
The paper investigates how historical contingency affects feather nanostructure diversity in cuckoos, finding that specialized melanosomes are present in both metallic and drab plumage, suggesting retained traits can facilitate future evolution of metallic luster.
DOI 10.1098/rsif.2025.1024