Genetic Basis for Red Coloration in Birds

Current Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 1427-1434

  Lopes, Ricardo J ^a   Johnson, James D ^b   Toomey, Matthew B ^c   Ferreira, Mafalda S ^a   Araujo, Pedro M ^a,d   Melo Ferreira, José ^a,e   Andersson, Leif ^f,g,h   Hill, Geoffrey E ^b   Corbo, Joseph C ^c   Carneiro, Miguel ^a,e  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGAÇÃO EM BIODIVERSIDADE E RECURSOS GENÉTICOS   (Portugal)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^f UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^g SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^h TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVIAN PROTEIN; CYTOCHROME P450; PIGMENT;

ANIMAL; FEATHER; FINCH; FUNCTIONS OF THE SKIN AND ITS APPENDAGES; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIVER; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENTATION; RETINA; SERINUS;

ANIMALS; AVIAN PROTEINS; CANARIES; CYTOCHROME P-450 ENZYME SYSTEM; FEATHERS; FINCHES; LIVER; PIGMENTATION; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL; RETINA; SKIN PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA;

EID: 84975462338     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2016.03.076     Document Type: Article

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