Sequence variation in the Mc1r gene for a group of polymorphic snakes

Gene

Volumn 513, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 282-286

  Cox, Christian L ^a,b   Rabosky, Alison R Davis ^c,d   Chippindale, Paul T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Black banding; Color pattern polymorphism; Mc1r; Melanin

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; MELANOCORTIN 1 RECEPTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHILOMENISCUS; CHIONACTIS; COLOR; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HETEROZYGOTE; MELANOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; REPTILE; SNAKE; SONORA;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; GENETIC VARIATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PIGMENTATION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RECEPTOR, MELANOCORTIN, TYPE 1; SELECTION, GENETIC; SNAKES; TEXAS;

AVES; CHILOMENISCUS; CHIONACTIS; MAMMALIA; REPTILIA; SERPENTES;

EID: 84870751886     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: 18790038     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2012.10.065     Document Type: Article

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