OMIA 000374-59729 : Feather colour, extended black in Taeniopygia guttata |
In other species:
chicken
,
red-footed booby
,
black swan
,
Coscoroba swan
,
Bananaquit
,
helmeted guineafowl
,
gyrfalcon
,
Lesser snow goose
,
,
,
brown booby
,
Possibly relevant human trait(s) and/or gene(s) (MIM number):
266300
Mendelian trait/disorder:
unknown
Considered a defect:
no
Molecular basis:
After allowing for population structure, Hoffman et al. (2014) "found no association between MC1R polymorphism and plumage coloration" in this species.
Reference
| 2014 | Hoffman, J.I., Krause, E.T., Lehmann, K., Krüger, O. : | |
| MC1R Genotype and Plumage Colouration in the Zebra Finch (Taeniopygia guttata): Population Structure Generates Artefactual Associations. PLoS One 9:e86519, 2014. Pubmed reference: 24489736. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0086519. |
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- Created by Frank Nicholas on 08 Feb 2014