Genetics of plumage color in the gyrfalcon (falco rusticolus): Analysis of the melanocortin-1 receptor gene

Journal of Heredity

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 315-321

  Johnson, Jeff A ^a   Ambers, Angie D ^a   Burnham, Kurt K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^b High Arctic Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

arctic; color polymorphism; falcon; MC1R; melanin; mutation

Indexed keywords

MELANOCORTIN 1 RECEPTOR; NUCLEOTIDE; PYRIDOXAL 5 PHOSPHATE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GREENLAND; ICELAND; MELANOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

ALLELES; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMALS; AVIAN PROTEINS; FALCONIFORMES; FEATHERS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GENETIC VARIATION; ICELAND; NORTH AMERICA; PHENOTYPE; PIGMENTATION; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RECEPTOR, MELANOCORTIN, TYPE 1; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

FALCO RUSTICOLUS; FALCONIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84860469448     PISSN: 00221503     EISSN: 14657333     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jhered/ess023     Document Type: Article

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