Genetic basis of continuous variation in the levels and modular inheritance of pigmentation in cichlid fishes

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 21, 2014, Pages 5135-5150

  Albertson, R Craig ^a   Powder, Kara E ^a   Hu, Yinan ^a   Coyle, Kaitlin P ^b   Roberts, Reade B ^b   Parsons, Kevin J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cichlids; neural crest cells; phenotypic integration; pigmentation; sexual selection

Indexed keywords

CICHLIDAE; PISCES;

FISH PROTEIN; PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL; CHROMOSOME MAP; CICHLID; CROSS BREEDING; FEMALE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; MALE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHENOTYPE; PIGMENTATION; POPULATION GENETICS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; SEX DETERMINATION PROCESS;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CICHLIDS; CROSSES, GENETIC; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; FISH PROTEINS; GENETICS, POPULATION; MALE; PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; PHENOTYPE; PIGMENTATION; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; SELECTION, GENETIC; SEX DETERMINATION PROCESSES;

EID: 84911396106     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mec.12900     Document Type: Article

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