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Candidate genes for colour and vision exhibit signals of selection across the pied flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca) breeding range.
Heredity - 1 Apr 2012
Lehtonen P K, Laaksonen T, Artemyev A V, Belskii E, Berg P R, Both C, Buggiotti L, Bureš S, Burgess M D, Bushuev A V, Krams I, Moreno J, Mägi M, Nord A, Potti J, Ravussin P-A, Sirkiä P M, Sætre G-P, Winkel W, Primmer C R
Abstract excerpt
The role of natural selection in shaping adaptive trait differentiation in natural populations has long been recognized. Determining its molecular basis, however, remains a challenge. Here, we search for signals of selection in candidate genes for colour and its perception in a passerine bird. Pied flycatcher plumage varies geographically in both its structural and pigment-based properties. Both characteristics...
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