Convergence in pigmentation at multiple levels: Mutations, genes and function

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 365, Issue 1552, 2010, Pages 2439-2450

  Manceau, Marie ^a   Domingues, Vera S ^a   Linnen, Catherine R ^a   Rosenblum, Erica Bree ^b   Hoekstra, Hopi E ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Agouti; Colour; Melanocortin 1 receptor; Parallel evolution; Peromyscus

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; COLOR MORPH; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; LIZARD; MUTATION; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PROTEIN; RODENT;

ATLANTIC COAST [NORTH AMERICA]; ATLANTIC COAST [UNITED STATES]; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

AGOUTI; MUS; PEROMYSCUS; SQUAMATA; VERTEBRATA;

AGOUTI PROTEIN; MELANOCORTIN 1 RECEPTOR; NONAGOUTI PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; EVOLUTION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; LIZARD; MOUSE; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PIGMENTATION; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; AGOUTI SIGNALING PROTEIN; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; FLORIDA; LIZARDS; MICE; MUTATION; NEW MEXICO; PHENOTYPE; PIGMENTATION; RECEPTOR, MELANOCORTIN, TYPE 1; SELECTION, GENETIC;

EID: 77956477299     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2010.0104     Document Type: Review

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