Intraspecific eye color variability in birds and mammals: a recent evolutionary event exclusive to humans and domestic animals

Abstract Background Human populations and breeds of domestic animals are composed of individuals with a multiplicity of eye (= iris) colorations. Some wild birds and mammals may have intraspecific eye color variability, but this variation seems to be due to the developmental stage of the individual,...

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Main Authors: Juan J. Negro, M. Carmen Blázquez, Ismael Galván
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BMC 2017-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Zoology
Subjects:
Eye coloration
Iris
Domestication
Sexual dichromatism
OCA2 gene
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12983-017-0243-8
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