Genetic and environmental components of variation in eumelanin and phaeomelanin sex-traits in the barn owl

Heredity

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 359-364

  Roulin, A ^a   Dijkstra, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Additive variance; Autosomal inheritance; Condition dependent; Environmental variance; Genetic correlation; Melanin; Sex linked inheritance

Indexed keywords

COLOR; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HERITABILITY; PIGMENT; PLUMAGE; RAPTOR;

ANIMALS; FEATHERS; MELANINS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; STRIGIFORMES; VARIATION (GENETICS);

AVES; RAPTORES; STRIGIFORMES; TYTO ALBA;

EID: 0037911562     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.hdy.6800260     Document Type: Article

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