Identification and characterization of gene expression involved in the coloration of cichlid fish using microarray and qRT-PCR approaches

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 127-137

  Gunter, Helen M ^a   Clabaut, Céline ^a,b   Salzburger, Walter ^a,c   Meyer, Axel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Adaptive evolution; Cichlid species flocks; Collagen 1 alpha; Copz; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

COATOMER PROTEIN; COLLAGEN TYPE 1; PIGMENT; UBIQUITIN CONJUGATING ENZYME;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CICHLID; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA MICROARRAY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; MALE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKIN PIGMENTATION;

ANIMALS; CICHLIDS; COATOMER PROTEIN; COLLAGEN TYPE I; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; MALE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKIN PIGMENTATION; UBIQUITIN-CONJUGATING ENZYMES;

AFRICAN CICHLIDS; CICHLIDAE; DANIO RERIO; PSEUDOTROPHEUS; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 79953323254     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00239-011-9431-x     Document Type: Article

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