High impact information on Columbiformes

• Biliary bile acids of fruit pigeons and doves (Columbiformes): presence of 1-beta-hydroxychenodeoxycholic acid and conjugation with glycine as well as taurine [1].
• Although guanine was expected to be a major component of the reflecting "platelets," based on previous work with other Columbiformes, it could not be demonstrated chromatographically or spectrophotometrically [2].
• The relationship between plasma prolactin and: crop growth; incubation; brooding; and feeding young in Columbiformes is reviewed [3].
• Primers for the cytochrome b gene were designed to distinguish between mammalian and avian bloodmeals and further differentiate among four avian orders: passeriformes, falconiformes, columbiformes, and galliformes [4].

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