Sequence variation in the melanocortin-1 receptor (MC1R) pigmentation gene and its role in the cryptic coloration of two South American sand lizards

Genetics and Molecular Biology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 81-87

  Corso, Josmael ^a   Gonçalves, Gislene L ^a   de Freitas, Thales R O ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Body color; Crypsis; Liolaemidae; Pigmentation genes

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; NUCLEOTIDE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL GENETICS; ARTICLE; ASIP GENE; BASE PAIRING; BRAZIL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTIC COLORATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HABITAT STRUCTURE; LIOLAEMUS ARAMBARENSIS; LIOLAEMUS OCCIPITALIS; LIZARD; MELANOCORTIN 1 RECEPTOR GENE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PIGMENTATION; SAND; SPECIES HABITAT;

LIOLAEMINAE; LIOLAEMUS; LIOLAEMUS OCCIPITALIS; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 84858223810     PISSN: 14154757     EISSN: 16784685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1415-47572012005000015     Document Type: Article

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