Transcriptome Analysis Reveals Genes Associated With Sexual Dichromatism of Head Feather Color in Mallard

Transcriptome Analysis Reveals Genes Associated With Sexual Dichromatism of Head Feather Color in Mallard

Sexual dimorphism of feather color is typical in mallards, in which drakes exhibit green head feathers, while females show dull head feather color. We showed that more melanosomes deposited in the males’ head’s feather barbules than females and further form a two-dimensional hexagonal lattice, which...

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Main Authors: Shengchao Ma, Hehe Liu, Jianmei Wang, Lei Wang, Yang Xi, Yisi Liu, Qian Xu, Jiwei Hu, Chunchun Han, Lili Bai, Liang Li, Jiwen Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Genetics
Subjects:
mallards
sexual dimorphism
feather color
TYR
TYRP1
Z-chromosome
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fgene.2021.627974/full

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