High-throughput sequencing is revealing genetic associations with avian plumage color

Regulatory changes in pterin and carotenoid genes underlie balanced color polymorphisms in the wall lizard

(2019) Pedro Andrade et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Instructive role of melanocytes during pigment pattern formation of the avian skin

(2019) Masafumi Inaba et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Evolution of patterned plumage as a sexual signal in estrildid finches

(2018) Masayo Soma et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

Differential gene regulation underlies variation in melanic plumage coloration in the dark-eyed junco (Junco hyemalis )

(2018) Mikus Abolins-Abols et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

A wood-warbler produced through both interspecific and intergeneric hybridization

(2018) David P. L. Toews et al.   Biology Letters

A non-coding region near Follistatin controls head colour polymorphism in the Gouldian finch

(2018) Matthew B. Toomey et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

PAT ‐ GEOM : A Software Package for the Analysis of Animal Patterns

(2018) Ian Z.W. Chan et al.   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Phenotypic variation in Heliconius erato crosses shows that iridescent structural colour is sex-linked and controlled by multiple genes

(2018) Melanie N. Brien et al.   Interface Focus

High-density lipoprotein receptor SCARB1 is required for carotenoid coloration in birds

(2017) Matthew B. Toomey et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Shape matters: animal colour patterns as signals of individual quality

(2017) Lorenzo Pérez-Rodríguez et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Admixture mapping in a hybrid zone reveals loci associated with avian feather coloration

(2017) Alan Brelsford et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

The Evolution and Genetics of Carotenoid Processing in Animals

(2017) David P.L. Toews et al.   TRENDS IN GENETICS

Repeated divergent selection on pigmentation genes in a rapid finch radiation

(2017) Leonardo Campagna et al.   Science Advances

Mosaic genome evolution in a recent and rapid avian radiation

(2017) Katherine Faust Stryjewski et al.   Nature Ecology & Evolution

Divergence and Functional Degradation of a Sex Chromosome-like Supergene

(2016) Elaina M. Tuttle et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

The Genetics of Seasonal Migration and Plumage Color

(2016) Kira E. Delmore et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Plumage Genes and Little Else Distinguish the Genomes of Hybridizing Warblers

(2016) David P.L. Toews et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Genetic Basis for Red Coloration in Birds

(2016) Ricardo J. Lopes et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

The Papaya Transcription Factor CpNAC1 Modulates Carotenoid Biosynthesis through Activating Phytoene Desaturase Genes CpPDS2/4 during Fruit Ripening

(2016) Chang-chun Fu et al.   JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY

Differentially expressed genes match bill morphology and plumage despite largely undifferentiated genomes in a Holarctic songbird

(2015) Nicholas A. Mason et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Structural genomic changes underlie alternative reproductive strategies in the ruff (Philomachus pugnax)

(2015) Sangeet Lamichhaney et al.   NATURE GENETICS

A supergene determines highly divergent male reproductive morphs in the ruff

(2015) Clemens Küpper et al.   NATURE GENETICS

Molecular genetics of blood-fleshed peach reveals activation of anthocyanin biosynthesis by NAC transcription factors

(2015) Hui Zhou et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

Image calibration and analysis toolbox - a free software suite for objectively measuring reflectance, colour and pattern

(2015) Jolyon Troscianko et al.   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

The genomic landscape underlying phenotypic integrity in the face of gene flow in crows

(2014) J. W. Poelstra et al.   SCIENCE

The Malus crabapple transcription factor McMYB10 regulates anthocyanin biosynthesis during petal coloration

(2014) Rong Jiang et al.   SCIENTIA HORTICULTURAE

Widespread cryptic dichromatism and ultraviolet reflectance in the largest radiation of Neotropical songbirds: Implications of accounting for avian vision in the study of plumage evolution

(2012) Kevin J. Burns et al.   AUK

Butterfly genome reveals promiscuous exchange of mimicry adaptations among species

(2012) Kanchon K. Dasmahapatra et al.   NATURE

Candidate genes for colour and vision exhibit signals of selection across the pied flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca) breeding range

(2011) P K Lehtonen et al.   HEREDITY

Candidate genes for carotenoid coloration in vertebrates and their expression profiles in the carotenoid-containing plumage and bill of a wild bird

(2011) N. Walsh et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

An analysis of population genetic differentiation and genotype-phenotype association across the hybrid zone of carrion and hooded crows using microsatellites andMC1R

(2008) FREDRIK HAAS et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Admixture as the basis for genetic mapping

(2008) C. Alex Buerkle et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Identification of the Yellow Skin Gene Reveals a Hybrid Origin of the Domestic Chicken

(2008) Jonas Eriksson et al.   PLoS Genetics