Introgression of regulatory alleles and a missense coding mutation drive plumage pattern diversity in the rock pigeon

Introgression of regulatory alleles and a missense coding mutation drive plumage pattern diversity in the rock pigeon

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),...

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Main Authors: Anna I Vickrey, Rebecca Bruders, Zev Kronenberg, Emma Mackey, Ryan J Bohlender, Emily T Maclary, Raquel Maynez, Edward J Osborne, Kevin P Johnson, Chad D Huff, Mark Yandell, Michael D Shapiro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eLife Sciences Publications Ltd 2018-07-01
Series:eLife
Subjects:
Columba livia
pigeon
introgression
NDP
pigmentation
Norrie disease
Online Access:https://elifesciences.org/articles/34803

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