Genome study indicates peacock eyespots likely developed to impress females
Wednesday, July 16, 2014 - 09:01
in Biology & Nature
(Phys.org) —A team of researchers with members from several universities in the U.S. and one in China has found evidence that suggests that ocelli (areas on feathers that look like eyes) on male peafowl are likely a result of a preference by female birds. In their paper published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, the team describes the genome study they undertook and what they found as a result.
