Transcriptomics of colour patterning and coloration shifts in crows

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 18, 2015, Pages 4617-4628

  Poelstra, J W ^a   Vijay, N ^a   Hoeppner, M P ^b,c,d   Wolf, J B W ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d SCIENCE FOR LIFE LABORATORY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

birds; coloration; colour patterning; pigmentation; speciation; transcriptomics

Indexed keywords

EUMELANIN; MELANIN; TRANSCRIPTOME;

ANIMAL; CORVUS; EVOLUTION; FEATHER; GENETICS; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PIGMENTATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CROWS; FEATHERS; MALE; MELANINS; PHENOTYPE; PIGMENTATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 84941807208     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mec.13353     Document Type: Article

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