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Research Areas
- melanin and skin pigmentation
- Silkworms and Sericulture Research
- Animal Nutrition and Physiology
- Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock
- Genetic diversity and population structure
University of Utah
2018
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, decreasing order melanism: T-check, checker, bar (ancestral), or barless. Using whole-genome scans, we identified NDP as a candidate gene for variation. Allele-specific expression differences indicate cis-regulatory divergence between ancestral melanistic...
10.7554/elife.34803
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eLife
2018-07-17
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