Gene loss, adaptive evolution and the co-evolution of plumage coloration genes with opsins in birds

BMC Genomics

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Borges, Rui ^a,b   Khan, Imran ^a,b   Johnson, Warren E ^c   Gilbert, M Thomas P ^d   Zhang, Guojie ^d,e   Jarvis, Erich D ^f,g   O'Brien, Stephen J ^h,i   Antunes, Agostinho ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^e BGI SHENZHEN   (China)

^f DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^h ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

ⁱ NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Birds; Co evolution; Gene loss; Opsin; Plumage coloration; Pseudogenization; Vision

Indexed keywords

OPSIN; MELANIN;

ARTICLE; COEVOLUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; GALLUS GALLUS; GENE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOSS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MC1R GENE; NONHUMAN; OPN1LW GENE; OPN1SW1 GENE; OPN1SW2 GENE; OPSIN GENE; OWL; PARA GENE; PARIE GENE; PENGUIN; PHYLOGENY; RH1 GENE; RH2 GENE; TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA; ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; BIRD; CLASSIFICATION; EVOLUTION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; GENOME; GENOMICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHENOTYPE; PROCEDURES;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BIRDS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOME; GENOMICS; MELANINS; OPSINS; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; SELECTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84943408511     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12864-015-1924-3     Document Type: Article

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