Variation in the tyrosinase gene associated with a white humpback whale (megaptera novaeangliae)

Journal of Heredity

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 130-133

  Polanowski, Andrea M ^a   Robinson Laverick, Sarah M ^a   Paton, David ^b   Jarman, Simon N ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

^b Blue Planet Marine   (Australia)

Author keywords

Albinism; Frameshift; Humpback whale; Tyrosinase

Indexed keywords

CYTOSINE; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CODON; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXON; GENE DELETION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMPBACK WHALE; MALE; MEGAPTERA NOVAEANGLIAE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OCULOCUTANEOUS ALBINISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALBINISM, OCULOCUTANEOUS; ANIMAL DISEASES; ANIMALS; EXONS; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMPBACK WHALE; MALE; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; SEQUENCE DELETION;

EID: 83255165565     PISSN: 00221503     EISSN: 14657333     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jhered/esr108     Document Type: Article

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