Evidence for adaptive evolution of olfactory receptor genes in 9 bird species

Journal of Heredity

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 325-333

  Steiger, Silke S ^a   Fidler, Andrew E ^b   Mueller, Jakob C ^a   Kempenaers, Bart ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^b CAWTHRON INSTITUTE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Adaptive evolution; Birds; Olfaction

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BIRD; CANARY; FOWL; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERTEBRATE;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BIRDS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RECEPTORS, ODORANT; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SELECTION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ANAS PLATYRHYNCHOS; APTERYX AUSTRALIS; AVES; CENTROPUS GRILLII; CYANISTES CAERULEUS; EOLOPHUS ROSEICAPILLUS; GALLUS GALLUS; MAMMALIA; PAGODROMA NIVEA; SERINUS CANARIA; STRIGOPS HABROPTILUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 77951695441     PISSN: 00221503     EISSN: 14657333     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jhered/esp105     Document Type: Article

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