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Genetics of plumage color in the Gyrfalcon (Falco rusticolus): analysis of the melanocortin-1 receptor gene.

The Journal of heredity - 1 Jan 2000

Johnson Jeff A, Ambers Angie D, Burnham Kurt K

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Genetic variation at the melanocortin-1 receptor (MC1R) gene is correlated with melanin color variation in a few reported vertebrates. In Gyrfalcon (Falco rusticolus), plumage color variation exists throughout their arctic and subarctic circumpolar distribution, from white to gray and almost black. Multiple color variants do exist within the majority of populations; however, a few areas (e.g., northern Greenland...

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PMID: 22504110
DOI: 10.1093/jhered/ess023

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