Mutations in Domestic Animals Disrupting or Creating Pigmentation Patterns
The rich phenotypic diversity in coat and plumage color in domestic animals is primarily caused by direct selection on pigmentation phenotypes. Characteristic features are selection for viable alleles with no or only minor negative pleiotropic effects on other traits, and that alleles often evolve b...
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Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2020-05-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution |
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Online Access: | https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fevo.2020.00116/full |