Identification of a gene associated with avian migratory behaviour

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 278, Issue 1719, 2011, Pages 2848-2856

  Mueller, Jakob C ^a   Pulido, Francisco ^b   Kempenaers, Bart ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

ADCYAP1; Bird migration; Migratory restlessness; Neuropeptide; PACAP

Indexed keywords

HYPOPHYSIS ADENYLATE CYCLASE ACTIVATING POLYPEPTIDE; MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ALLELE; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC MARKER; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; IDENTIFICATION KEY; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; MIGRATORY SPECIES; NEUROLOGY; PASSERINE; POLYMORPHISM; POPULATION GENETICS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION MIGRATION; SONGBIRD;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PASSERIFORMES; PITUITARY ADENYLATE CYCLASE-ACTIVATING POLYPEPTIDE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

AVES; SYLVIA ATRICAPILLA;

EID: 80051541579     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2010.2567     Document Type: Article

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