Introgression of regulatory alleles and a missense coding mutation drive plumage pattern diversity i...
Introgression of regulatory alleles and a missense coding mutation drive plumage pattern diversity in the rock pigeon
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England: eLife Science Publications, Ltd
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Birds and other vertebrates display stunning variation in pigmentation patterning, yet the genes controlling this diversity remain largely unknown. Rock pigeons (Columba livia) are fundamentally one of four color pattern phenotypes, in decreasing order of melanism: T-check, checker, bar (ancestral), or barless. Using whole-genome scans, we identifi...
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Introgression of regulatory alleles and a missense coding mutation drive plumage pattern diversity in the rock pigeon
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TN_cdi_doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_3d20fa45e26f4177ae484b3744fd14b1
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_3d20fa45e26f4177ae484b3744fd14b1
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2050-084X
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2050-084X
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10.7554/eLife.34803
