Nuclear gene indicates coat-color polymorphism in mammoths
- Author(s)
- Holger Römpler, Nadin Rohland, Carles Lalueza-Fox, Eske Willerslev, Tatyana Kuznetsova, Gernot Rabeder, Jaume Bertranpetit, Torsten Schöneberg, Michael Hofreiter
- Abstract
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.
- Organisation(s)
- Department of Palaeontology
- External organisation(s)
- Universität Leipzig, Max-Planck-Institut für evolutionäre Anthropologie, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona , Technical University of Denmark (DTU), Anuchin Research Institute and Museum of Anthropology, University Pompeu Fabra
- Journal
- Science
- Volume
- 313
- ISSN
- 0036-8075
- Publication date
- 2006
- Peer reviewed
- Yes
- Austrian Fields of Science 2012
- 105118 Palaeontology
- Portal url
- https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/en/publications/3e9c3762-3586-4144-a03b-52385883491c