Coat Color Variation and Pigmentation Gene Expression in Rhesus Macaques (Macaca mulatta)

Journal of Mammalian Evolution

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 263-270

  Bradley, Brenda J ^a   Gerald, Melissa S ^b,c   Widdig, Anja ^d,e   Mundy, Nicholas I ^f  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Puerto Rico)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coat color; Coloration; Gene expression; Melanin; Melanocyte; Pelage

Indexed keywords

MACACA; MACACA MULATTA; MAMMALIA; PRIMATES;

EID: 84880778920     PISSN: 10647554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10914-012-9212-3     Document Type: Article

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