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Conserved genetic basis of a quantitative plumage trait involved in mate choice.

Science (New York, N.Y.) - 19 Mar 2004

Mundy Nicholas I, Badcock Nichola S, Hart Tom, Scribner Kim, Janssen Kirstin, Nadeau Nicola J

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A key question in evolutionary genetics is whether shared genetic mechanisms underlie the independent evolution of similar phenotypes across phylogenetically divergent lineages. Here we show that in two classic examples of melanic plumage polymorphisms in birds, lesser snow geese (Anser c. caerulescens) and arctic skuas (Stercorarius parasiticus), melanism is perfectly associated with variation in the...

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PMID: 15031505
DOI: 10.1126/science.1093834

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