The genetic basis of the plumage polymorphism in red-footed boobies (Sula sula): A melanocortin-1 receptor (MC1R) analysis

Journal of Heredity

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 287-292

  Baião, Patricia C ^a   Schreiber, E A ^b   Parker, Patricia G ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b Pelican Springs Lodge   (United States)

^c SAINT LOUIS ZOO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; MELANOCORTIN 1 RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; MELANOSIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; FEATHERS; GENE FREQUENCY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PIGMENTATION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RECEPTOR, MELANOCORTIN, TYPE 1;

ANSER; CHEN; SULA GRANTI; SULA SULA;

EID: 34548280893     PISSN: 00221503     EISSN: 14657333     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jhered/esm030     Document Type: Article

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