Redness Variation in the Eurasian Scops-Owl Otus scops is Due to Pheomelanin But is Not Associated with Variation in the Melanocortin-1 Receptor Gene (MC1R)

• Avilés, Jesús M. Departamento de Ecología Funcional y Evolutiva, EEZA-CSIC, Carretera de Sacramento s/n, 04120 La Cañada de San Urbano, Almería, Spain.
• Cruz-Miralles, Ángel Departamento de Anatomía, Biología Celular y Zoología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Extremadura, Avenida de Elvas, s/n, 06006 Badajoz, Spain.
• Ducrest, Anne-Lyse Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Lausanne, Biophore Building, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland.
• Simon, Céline Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Lausanne, Biophore Building, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland.
• Roulin, Alexandre Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Lausanne, Biophore Building, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland.
• Wakamatsu, Kazumasa Department of Chemistry, Fujita Health University School of Medical Sciences, Toyoake, Aichi 470-1192, Japan.
• Parejo, Deseada Departamento de Anatomía, Biología Celular y Zoología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Extremadura, Avenida de Elvas, s/n, 06006 Badajoz, Spain.

Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics