Mate choice for more melanin as a mechanism to maintain a functional oncogene

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 105, Issue 36, 2008, Pages 13503-13507

  Fernandez, André A ^a   Morris, Molly R ^a  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Evolution; Sexual selection; Xiphophorus; Xmrk

Indexed keywords

MELANIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FISH; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; MALE; MATE CHOICE; MELANOMA; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE; PIGMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL SELECTION; VISUAL STIMULATION; XIPHOPHORUS CORTEZI; XIPHOPHORUS MELANOMA RECEPTOR KINASE GENE;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; FISH PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; KILLIFISHES; MALE; MELANINS; ONCOGENE PROTEINS; PHENOTYPE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

PISCES; XIPHOPHORUS; XIPHOPHORUS CORTEZI;

EID: 50249150503     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0803851105     Document Type: Article

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