Evolution. Parallel evolution is in the genes.

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 12 Apr 2004 United States English Publisher:American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)Journal:Science (New York, N.Y.), volume 303 (issn: 1095-9203,

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Authors: Hoekstra, Hopi; Price, Trevor;

pmid: 15031483

Evolution. Parallel evolution is in the genes.

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Complex plumage patterns seem to have evolved independently among many very different bird species, a striking example of parallel evolution. In their Perspective, Hoekstra and Price discuss the molecular basis for similar dark plumage patterns between two very different arctic bird species ( Mundy et al.).

Organismic and Evolutionary Biology

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Harvard University
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Male, Melanins, 570, Heterozygote, Polymorphism, Genetic, Arctic Regions, Pigmentation, 590, Color, Feathers, Biological Evolution, Birds, Phenotype, Amino Acid Substitution, Gene Frequency, Geese, Mutation, Animals, Female, Selection, Genetic, Receptor, Melanocortin, Type 1, Phylogeny

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