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Functional divergence of the pigmentation gene melanocortin-1 receptor (MC1R) in six endemic Macaca species on Sulawesi Island

Coat color is often highly variable within and between animal taxa. Among hundreds of pigmentation-related genes, melanocortin-1 receptor (MC1R) plays key roles in regulating the synthesis of the dark eumelanin and the red–yellow pheomelanin. The six species of macaques that inhabit Sulawesi Island...

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Autores principales: Yan, Xiaochan, Terai, Yohey, Widayati, Kanthi Arum, Itoigawa, Akihiro, Purba, Laurentia Henrieta Permita Sari, Fahri, Fahri, Suryobroto, Bambang, Imai, Hiroo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9085793/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35534524
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-11681-z