Genetics of colouration in birds

Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 6-7, 2013, Pages 594-608

  Roulin, Alexandre ^a   Ducrest, Anne Lyse ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Birds; Colouration; Melanin; Phenotype canalization; Phenotypic plasticity; Quantitative genetics

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOID; EUMELANIN; KERATIN; MELANIN; PHEOMELANIN;

BIRD; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MIGRATION; COLOR; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEATHER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC CORRELATION; GENETIC TRAIT; GENETICS; MELANOGENESIS; MELANOSOME; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; QUANTITATIVE GENETICS; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL SELECTION; Y CHROMOSOMAL INHERITANCE;

AVES;

BIRDS; COLOURATION; MELANIN; PHENOTYPE CANALIZATION; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; QUANTITATIVE GENETICS;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; PHENOTYPE; PIGMENTATION;

EID: 84883278034     PISSN: 10849521     EISSN: 10963634     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2013.05.005     Document Type: Review

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