The genetics of adaptive coat color in gophers: Coding variation at Mc1r is not responsible for dorsal color differences

Journal of Heredity

Volumn 98, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 567-574

  Wlasiuk, Gabriela ^a   Nachman, Michael W ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELANOCORTIN 1 RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; COLOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GOPHER; HEREDITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PREDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SOIL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ARIZONA; CALIFORNIA; DNA; DNA PRIMERS; GOPHERS; HAIR COLOR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEW MEXICO; PHENOTYPE; VARIATION (GENETICS);

GEOMYIDAE; MAMMALIA; THOMOMYS BOTTAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 34848813833     PISSN: 00221503     EISSN: 14657333     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jhered/esm059     Document Type: Article

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