Full title: Environmental gradients predict the ratio of
environmentally acquired carotenoids to self-synthesised pteridine
pigments
Short title: Environmental drivers of pigment concentrations
Devi Stuart-Fox a,1, Katrina J. Rankina, Adrian Lutz b,2, Adam Elliotta, Andrew F. Hugallc, Claire A.
McLean a,c and Iliana Medinaa
a School of BioSciences, The University of Melbourne,
Parkville, VIC 3010, Australia
b Metabolomics Australia, The University of Melbourne,
Parkville, VIC 3010, Australia
c Sciences Department, Museums Victoria, Carlton
Gardens, VIC 3053, Australia
1 Author for correspondence: Devi Stuart-Fox
Building 147, BioSciences 4, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC
3010, Australia.
Ph. +61 3 8344 4846.
2 Current address: Department of Microbiology &
Immunology, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC 3010, Australia.
DS-F
d.stuart-fox@unimelb.edu.au
KJR
katrina.rankin@unimelb.edu.au
AL
adrian.lutz@unimelb.edu.au
AE adsell76@icloud.com
AFH
ahugall@museum.vic.gov.au
CAM
cmclean@museum.vic.gov.au
IM
iliana.medina@unimelb.edu.au
Statement of authorship: DS-F designed research; KJR. and AE
performed the field work; KJR analyzed photographs; KJR and AL designed
and performed the metabolomic analysis; AFH constructed the phylogeny;
IM performed the comparative analyses; DS-F, KJR, CSM and IM interpreted
results and wrote the draft manuscript. All authors edited and approved
the final draft.
Data accessibility: The datasets and code used during the
current study are available from Dryad. Data will be
archived upon acceptance of the manuscript.
Keywords:animal coloration, signalling, comparative analysis, habitat
productivity, liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry
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