Genetic polymorphism in dopamine receptor D4 is associated with early body condition in a large population of greater flamingos, Phoenicopterus roseus

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 16, 2012, Pages 4024-4037

  Gillingham, Mark A F ^a,b   Bechet, Arnaud ^b   Geraci, Julia ^a,b   Wattier, Remi ^a   Dubreuil, Christine ^a   Cezilly, Frank ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^b STATION BIOLOGIQUE DE LA TOUR DU VALAT   (France)

^c INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE DE FRANCE   (France)

Author keywords

body condition; candidate gene; dopamine receptor; dopamine receptor D4; greater flamingos; multilocus heterozygosity; single nucleotide polymorphism

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE 4 RECEPTOR; MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; BODY WEIGHT; EXON; FEMALE; FRANCE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HETEROZYGOTE; INBREEDING; MALE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; BODY WEIGHT; EXONS; FEMALE; FRANCE; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HETEROZYGOTE; INBREEDING; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE D4;

ANIMALIA; PHOENICOPTERUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84864415931     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2012.05669.x     Document Type: Article

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