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Blood transcriptomes and de novo identification of candidate loci for mating success in lekking great snipe (Gallinago media).
Molecular ecology - 1 Jul 2017
Höglund Jacob, Wang Biao, Saether Stein Are, Blom Mozes Pil Kyu, Fiske Peder, Halvarsson Peter, Horsburgh Gavin J, Burke Terry, Kålås John Atle, Ekblom Robert
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We assembled the great snipe blood transcriptome using data from fourteen lekking males, in order to de novo identify candidate genes related to sexual selection, and determined the expression profiles in relation to mating success. The three most highly transcribed genes were encoding different haemoglobin subunits. All tended to be overexpressed in males with high mating success. We also called single...
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