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Transcriptomics of colour patterning and coloration shifts in crows.
Molecular ecology - 1 Sept 2015
Poelstra J W, Vijay N, Hoeppner M P, Wolf J B W
Abstract excerpt
Animal coloration is one of the most conspicuous phenotypic traits in natural populations and has important implications for adaptation and speciation. Changes in coloration can occur over surprisingly short evolutionary timescales, while recurrence of similar colour patterns across large phylogenetic distances is also common. Even though the genetic basis of pigment production is well understood, little is known...
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