Pleiotropy in the melanocortin system: expression levels of this system are associated with melanogenesis and pigmentation in the tawny owl (Strix aluco)

The proteomics of feather development in pied flycatchers (Ficedula hypoleuca) with different plumage coloration

(2012) Paula K. Leskinen et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

The biology and therapeutic targeting of the proprotein convertases

(2012) Nabil G. Seidah et al.   NATURE REVIEWS DRUG DISCOVERY

Identification of Genes Related to White and Black Plumage Formation by RNA-Seq from White and Black Feather Bulbs in Ducks

(2012) Shijun Li et al.   PLoS One

Gene expression divergence and nucleotide differentiation between males of different color morphs and mating strategies in the ruff

(2012) Robert Ekblom et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Hypothalamic proopiomelanocortin processing and the regulation of energy balance

(2011) Sharon L. Wardlaw   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PHARMACOLOGY

Blood parasites mediate morph-specific maintenance costs in a colour polymorphic wild bird

(2011) P. KARELL et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Diversity of human hair pigmentation as studied by chemical analysis of eumelanin and pheomelanin

(2011) S. Ito et al.   JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN ACADEMY OF DERMATOLOGY AND VENEREOLOGY

Pale and dark reddish melanic tawny owls differentially regulate the level of blood circulating POMC prohormone in relation to environmental conditions

(2011) Alexandre Roulin et al.   OECOLOGIA

Climate change drives microevolution in a wild bird

(2011) Patrik Karell et al.   Nature Communications

Melanocortin receptors and their accessory proteins

(2010) Sadani N. Cooray et al.   MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR ENDOCRINOLOGY

Human hair melanins: what we have learned and have not learned from mouse coat color pigmentation

(2010) Shosuke Ito et al.   Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research

Pheomelanin‐Based Coloration and the Ability to Cope with Variation in Food Supply and Parasitism

(2009) Romain Piault et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

Neuroendocrine activity of the melanocyte

(2009) Andrzej Slominski   EXPERIMENTAL DERMATOLOGY

Strength and cost of an induced immune response are associated with a heritable melanin-based colour trait in female tawny owls

(2009) Julien Gasparini et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Synergistic and antagonistic interaction between different branches of the immune system is related to melanin-based coloration in nestling tawny owls

(2009) J. GASPARINI et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Regulation of the Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis

(2009) Anastasios Papadimitriou et al.   NEUROIMMUNOMODULATION

Piecing together the pigment-type switching puzzle

(2009) Will P. Walker et al.   Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research

Fifteen-year quest for microphthalmia-associated transcription factor target genes

(2009) Yann Cheli et al.   Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research

Microarray analysis sheds light on the dedifferentiating role of agouti signal protein in murine melanocytes via the Mc1r

(2009) Elodie Le Pape et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A MODEL OF ECOLOGICAL AND EVOLUTIONARY CONSEQUENCES OF COLOR POLYMORPHISM

(2008) Anders Forsman et al.   ECOLOGY

The Tissue-Specific Processing of Pro-Opiomelanocortin

(2008) A. B. Bicknell   JOURNAL OF NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY

Candidate Genes and Adaptive Radiation: Insights from Transcriptional Adaptation to the Limnetic Niche among Coregonine Fishes (Coregonus spp., Salmonidae)

(2008) J. Jeukens et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Novel MITF targets identified using a two-step DNA microarray strategy

(2008) Keith S. Hoek et al.   Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research

Pleiotropy in the melanocortin system, coloration and behavioural syndromes

(2008) A DUCREST et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Chemistry of Mixed Melanogenesis—Pivotal Roles of Dopaquinone

(2007) Shosuke Ito et al.   PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY