Unmelanized plumage patterns in Old World leaf warblers do not correspond to sequence variation at the melanocortin-1 receptor locus (MC1R)

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1675-1681

  MacDougall Shackleton, Elizabeth A ^a,b   Blanchard, Leanne ^a   Gibbs, H Lisle ^a,c  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

MC1R; Melanocortin 1 receptor; Phylloscopus; Plumage

Indexed keywords

MELANIN; MELANOCORTIN 1 RECEPTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIRD; CODON; EVOLUTION; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENUS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; ANIMAL; DNA SEQUENCE; FEATHER; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; MELANOCYTE; METABOLISM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENTATION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SONGBIRD;

AVES; PHYLLOSCOPUS;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; FEATHERS; MELANINS; MELANOCYTES; PHYLOGENY; PIGMENTATION; RECEPTOR, MELANOCORTIN, TYPE 1; SELECTION (GENETICS); SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SONGBIRDS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 1642367953     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msg186     Document Type: Article

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