Mammalian melanism: Natural selection in black and white

Trends in Genetics

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 585-588

  Majerus, Michael E N ^a   Mundy, Nicholas I ^a  

^a Department of Genetics ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGOUTI RELATED PROTEIN; MELANIN; MELANOCORTIN 1 RECEPTOR;

CAT; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HAIR COLOR; HAIR GROWTH; MAMMAL; MELANOGENESIS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MORPHOLOGICAL ADAPTATION; MOTH; MOUSE STRAIN; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

AGOUTI; CHAETODIPUS INTERMEDIUS; DARWINIA; FELIS CATUS; LEPIDOPTERA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0242317365     PISSN: 01689525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tig.2003.09.003     Document Type: Short Survey

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