Low variation in the polymorphic Clock gene poly-Q region despite population genetic structure across Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) populations

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2011, Pages

  Dor, Roi ^a,c   Lovette, Irby J ^a,b   Safran, Rebecca J ^c   Billerman, Shawn M ^d   Huber, Gernot H ^c   Vortman, Yoni ^e   Lotem, Arnon ^e   McGowan, Andrew ^f   Evans, Matthew R ^f   Cooper, Caren B ^a   Winkler, David W ^a,b  

^a Fuller Evolutionary Biology Program   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^e TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^f UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; SATELLITE DNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CLOCK;

ALLELE; ANIMAL GENETICS; ARTICLE; CLOCK GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HIRUNDO RUSTICA; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POPULATION GENETIC STRUCTURE; REGULATOR GENE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SWALLOW (BIRD); AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; POPULATION GENETICS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ALLELES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CLOCK PROTEINS; DNA, SATELLITE; GENETICS, POPULATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SWALLOWS;

EID: 83755221107     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0028843     Document Type: Article

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