OMIA 000374-8868 : Feather colour, extended black in Cygnus atratus |
In other species:
chicken
,
red-footed booby
,
Coscoroba swan
,
Bananaquit
,
helmeted guineafowl
,
gyrfalcon
,
Lesser snow goose
,
Arctic skua
,
,
brown booby
,
zebra finch
,
ruff
,
rock pigeon
,
Eleonora's falcon
,
pomarine skua
,
king penguin
Possibly relevant human trait(s) and/or gene(s)s (MIM numbers):
266300 (trait)
,
155555 (gene)
Mendelian trait/disorder:
yes
Mode of inheritance:
Autosomal
Considered a defect:
no
Key variant known:
no
Molecular basis:
Pointer and Mundy (2008) reported polymorphisms in the MC1R gene but could not discern a clear association between these polymorphisms and feather colour in swans,
Reference
2008 | Pointer, MA., Mundy, NI. : | |
Testing whether macroevolution follows microevolution: are colour differences among swans (Cygnus) attributable to variation at the MCIR locus? BMC Evol Biol 8:249, 2008. Pubmed reference: 18789136. DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-249. |
Edit History
- Created by Frank Nicholas on 22 Oct 2008
- Changed by Frank Nicholas on 12 Oct 2011