Nuclear gene indicates coat-color polymorphism in mammoths

被引:112
作者
Roempler, Holger
Rohland, Nadin
Lalueza-Fox, Carles
Willerslev, Eske
Kuznetsova, Tatyana
Rabeder, Gernot
Bertranpetit, Jaume
Schoeneberg, Torsten
Hofreiter, Michael [1 ]
机构
[1] Max Planck Inst Evolutionary Anthropol, Dept Evolutionary Genet, D-04103 Leipzig, Germany
[2] Univ Leipzig, Fac Med, Inst Biochem, D-04103 Leipzig, Germany
[3] Univ Barcelona, Fac Biol, Dept Biol Anim, E-08028 Barcelona, Spain
[4] Niels Bohr Inst, Ctr Ancient Genet, Ancient DNA & Evolut Grp, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
[5] Univ Copenhagen, Inst Biol, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
[6] Moscow MV Lomonosov State Univ, Fac Geol, Dept Paleontol, Moscow 119992, Russia
[7] Univ Vienna, Dept Paleontol, A-1090 Vienna, Austria
[8] Univ Pompeu Fabra, Fac Ciencies Salut & Vida, Unitat Biol Evolut, Barcelona 08003, Spain
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10.1126/science.1128994
中图分类号
O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
The sequence of the melanocortin receptor gene from mammoth DNA indicates the presence of two alleles, which may have specified light or dark hair coloration.
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页码:62 / 62
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