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Characterisation of a transcriptome to find sequence differences between two differentially migrating subspecies of the willow warbler Phylloscopus trochilus.
BMC genomics - 14 May 2013
Lundberg Max, Boss John, Canbäck Björn, Liedvogel Miriam, Larson Keith W, Grahn Mats, Åkesson Susanne, Bensch Staffan, Wright Anthony
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BACKGROUND: Animal migration requires adaptations in morphological, physiological and behavioural traits. Several of these traits have been shown to possess a strong heritable component in birds, but little is known about their genetic architecture. Here we used 454 sequencing of brain-derived tr...
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