Coloration and the Genetics of Adaptation

PLoS Biology

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2007, Pages

  Mundy, Nicholas I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; GENETIC EPISTASIS; GENETICS; HAIR COLOR;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; EPISTASIS, GENETIC; EVOLUTION; HAIR COLOR;

EID: 84869236866     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0050250     Document Type: Article

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