Evolutionary genetics of the melanocortin-1 receptor in vertebrates

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 994, Issue , 2003, Pages 307-312

  Mundy, Nicholas I ^a,b   Kelly, Joanne ^a   Theron, Emmalize ^a   Hawkins, Kim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bananaquit; Lion tamarin; MC1R; Melanin; MSH; Primate

Indexed keywords

EUMELANIN; INTERMEDIN; MELANIN; MELANOCORTIN 1 RECEPTOR; PHEOMELANIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL TISSUE; BANANAQUIT; BIRD; COAT COLOR; CONFERENCE PAPER; DNA SEQUENCE; FEATHER; GENE; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; HAIR COLOR; LEONTOPITHECUS; MELANOCORTIN 1 RECEPTOR GENE; MELANOSIS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; PRIMATE; SYNAPOMORPHY; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALIA; AVES; COEREBA; COEREBA FLAVEOLA; LEONTOPITHECUS; MAMMALIA; PANTHERA LEO; PRIMATES; SAGUINUS IMPERATOR; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0038727499     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2003.tb03194.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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