Variation at phenological candidate genes correlates with timing of dispersal and plumage morph in a sedentary bird of prey

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 21, 2013, Pages 5430-5440

  Chakarov, Nayden ^a   Jonker, Rudy M ^a   Boerner, Martina ^a   Hoffman, Joseph I ^a   Krüger, Oliver ^a  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

breeding phenology; Buteo buteo; dispersal; fitness; fledging; laying date; plumage polymorphism

Indexed keywords

AVES; BUTEO; BUTEO BUTEO; PASSERI; PASSERIFORMES; RAPTORES; SALMONIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

HYPOPHYSIS ADENYLATE CYCLASE ACTIVATING POLYPEPTIDE; MELANIN; MICROSATELLITE DNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CLOCK;

ALLELE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISPERSAL; ARTICLE; BREEDING; BREEDING PHENOLOGY; BUTEO BUTEO; DISPERSAL; FALCONIFORMES; FEATHER; FEMALE; FITNESS; FLEDGING; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; LAYING DATE; NESTING; PLUMAGE POLYMORPHISM; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE FITNESS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

BREEDING PHENOLOGY; BUTEO BUTEO; DISPERSAL; FITNESS; FLEDGING; LAYING DATE; PLUMAGE POLYMORPHISM;

ALLELES; ANIMAL DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; BREEDING; CLOCK PROTEINS; FALCONIFORMES; FEATHERS; FEMALE; GENETIC FITNESS; LINEAR MODELS; MELANINS; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; NESTING BEHAVIOR; PITUITARY ADENYLATE CYCLASE-ACTIVATING POLYPEPTIDE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 84886090325     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mec.12493     Document Type: Article

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