Epigenetics and the evolution of darwin's finches

Genome Biology and Evolution

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1972-1989

  Skinner, Michael K ^a   Gurerrero Bosagna, Carlos ^a,c   Muksitul Haque, M ^a   Nilsson, Eric E ^a   Koop, Jennifer A H ^b,d   Knutie, Sarah A ^b   Clayton, Dale H ^b  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive radiation; BMP; Copy number variation; DNA methylation; Epimutations; Melanogenesis; Phylogeny; Toll

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; DNA METHYLATION; FINCH; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; MUTATION; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FINCHES; MUTATION; PHYLOGENY; SELECTION, GENETIC; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84906833823     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17596653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evu158     Document Type: Article

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