Missense SNP of the MC1R gene is associated with plumage variation in the Gyrfalcon (Falco rusticolus)

A single nucleotide polymorphism (MC1R: c.376A>G) in the MC1R gene was found to be highly correlated with pigment phenotype in the Gyrfalcon. Homozygous genotypes c.376GG and c.376AA were found to dominate the extreme white and dark plumage types respectively, and heterozygotes occurred mainly in...

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Published in:Animal Genetics
Main Authors: Zhan, Xiangjiang, Dixon, A., Fox, N. C., Bruford, Michael William
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:unknown
Published: Wiley-Blackwell 2012
Subjects:
Q Science (General)
QH301 Biology
QH426 Genetics
QL Zoology
Falco rusticolus
gyrfalcon
Online Access:https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/24560/
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-2052.2011.02263.x/full
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2052.2011.02263.x
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Summary:A single nucleotide polymorphism (MC1R: c.376A>G) in the MC1R gene was found to be highly correlated with pigment phenotype in the Gyrfalcon. Homozygous genotypes c.376GG and c.376AA were found to dominate the extreme white and dark plumage types respectively, and heterozygotes occurred mainly in intermediate phenotypes. However, some heterozygotes were associated with extreme phenotypes, indicating that melanism/albinism might also involve other loci.

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