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1 November 2013 The Role of MC1R in Speciation & Phylogeny
Susan Offner
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A point mutation in the MC1R gene, a G-protein-coupled receptor, has been found that could have led to the formation of two subspecies of Solomon Island flycatcher from a single ancestral population. I discuss the many roles that G-protein-coupled receptors play in vertebrate physiology and how one particular point mutation can have enormous evolutionary consequences.

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Susan Offner "The Role of MC1R in Speciation & Phylogeny," The American Biology Teacher 75(9), 670-676, (1 November 2013). https://doi.org/10.1525/005.075.0902
Published: 1 November 2013
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G-protein-coupled receptor
MC1R
speciation
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