Article
Variability of the mc1r gene in melanic and non-melanic Podarcis lilfordi and Podarcis pityusensis from the Balearic archipelago.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2013
Buades Joana M, Rodríguez Virginia, Terrasa Bàrbara, Pérez-Mellado Valentin, Brown Richard P, Castro Jose A, Picornell Antònia, Ramon M M
Abstract excerpt
The association between polymorphism at the mc1r locus and colour variation was studied in two wall lizard species (Podarcis lilfordi and P. pityusensis) from the Balearic archipelago. Podarcis lilfordi comprises several deep mitochondrial lineages, the oldest of which originated in the Pliocene, while much shallower mitochondrial lineages are found in P. pityusensis. Here, we examined whether specific...
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