Longitudinal and Transversal Stripes in Vertebrates

Abstract

The molecular geometry found in birds is easily recognizable. The feather pigments, with colors covering the whole rainbow, delimit the geometric traits in a precise way. This is why the birds with their exquisite markings have had enchanted observers for generations. The genetic information available shows the pigments to be directed to their locations in the body by proteins and other molecules produced by genes. This is why this geometry was found to be molecularly determined (Lima-de-Faria 2012).

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