Candidate gene polymorphisms for behavioural adaptations during urbanization in blackbirds

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 13, 2013, Pages 3629-3637

  Mueller, J C ^a   Partecke, J ^a,b   Hatchwell, B J ^c   Gaston, K J ^d   Evans, K L ^c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

AANAT; ADCYAP1; CLOCK; clock genes; CREB1; DRD4; invasion; migration; NPAS2; personality traits

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ECOSYSTEM; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; SONGBIRD; URBANIZATION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ECOSYSTEM; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC LOCI; GENETIC MARKERS; GENOTYPE; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SELECTION, GENETIC; SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; SONGBIRDS; URBANIZATION;

TURDUS MERULA;

EID: 84879549919     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mec.12288     Document Type: Article

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