Adaptive reptile color variation and the evolution of the MC1R gene

Evolution

Volumn 58, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1794-1808

  Rosenblum, Erica Bree ^a   Hoekstra, Hopi E ^b,c   Nachman, Michael W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b The University of Arizona   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Association study; Melanocortin 1 receptor; Molecular evolution; Pigmentation; Squamata

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; COLOR; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PIGMENT; REPTILE;

AMPHIBIA; ASPIDOSCELIS; ASPIDOSCELIS INORNATA; AVES; HOLBROOKIA; HOLBROOKIA MACULATA; MAMMALIA; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 4344631967     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0014-3820.2004.tb00462.x     Document Type: Article

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