Article
[Dynamics of balanced polymorphism morphs in blue rock pigeon (Columba livia) from Moscow].
Genetika - 1 Jan 2011
Obukhova N Iu
Abstract excerpt
Analysis of the 30-year dynamics (from 1978 to 2008) of phenotype frequencies in the Moscow blue rock pigeon population revealed changes in the frequency distribution of several plumage color phenotypes. The frequency of the melanistic phenotype decreased as a result of the decrease in the total population size and, consequently, population density in colonies. This decrease in the pressure of the melanistic...
Topics
- Animals
- Columbidae
- Moscow
- Phenotype
- Polymorphism, Genetic
- Population Dynamics
