Evolution of opsin expression in birds driven by sexual selection and habitat

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 282, Issue 1798, 2015, Pages

  Bloch, Natasha I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Bird vision; Opsin expression; Sexual dimorphism

Indexed keywords

AVIAN PROTEIN; CONE OPSIN; MESSENGER RNA;

COEVOLUTION; CONSPECIFIC; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; GENE EXPRESSION; INFRARED RADIATION; PASSERINE; PIGMENT; PLUMAGE; PROTEIN; SENSORY SYSTEM; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SEXUAL SELECTION;

ANIMAL; DNA SEQUENCE; ECOSYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; MATE CHOICE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SONGBIRD; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; AVIAN PROTEINS; CONE OPSINS; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; MATING PREFERENCE, ANIMAL; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SONGBIRDS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; AVES; EMBERIZINAE;

EID: 84935913326     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2014.2321     Document Type: Article

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