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Candidate Gene Analysis Suggests Untapped Genetic Complexity in Melanin-Based Pigmentation in Birds.

The Journal of heredity - 1 Jul 2016

Bourgeois Yann X C, Bertrand Joris A M, Delahaie Boris, Cornuault Josselin, Duval Thomas, Milá Borja, Thébaud Christophe

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Studies on melanin-based color variation in a context of natural selection have provided a wealth of information on the link between phenotypic and genetic variation. Here, we evaluated associations between melanic plumage patterns and genetic polymorphism in the Réunion grey white-eye (Zosterops borbonicus), a species in which mutations on MC1R do not seem to play any role in explaining melanic variation. This...

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PMID: 26995742
DOI: 10.1093/jhered/esw017
PMCID: PMC4888439

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TYRP1
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