Examination of Clock and Adcyap1 gene variation in a neotropical migratory passerine

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dc.contributor.authorContina, Andrea
dc.contributor.authorBridge, Eli S.
dc.contributor.authorRoss, Jeremy D.
dc.contributor.authorShipley, J. Ryan
dc.contributor.authorKelly, Jeffrey F.
dc.contributor.sponsorUniversity of Oklahoma Libraries Open Access Fund
dc.date.accessioned2018-04-06T15:23:53Z
dc.date.available2018-04-06T15:23:53Z
dc.date.issued2018-01-11
dc.description.abstractComplex behavioral traits, such as those making up a migratory phenotype, are regulated by multiple environmental factors and multiple genes. We investigated possible relationships between microsatellite variation at two candidate genes implicated in the control of migratory behavior, Clock and Adcyap1, and several aspects of migratory life-history and evolutionary divergence in the Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris), a species that shows wide variation in migratory and molting strategies across a disjunct distribution. We focused on Clock and Adcyap1 microsatellite variation across three Painted Bunting populations in Oklahoma, Louisiana, and North Carolina, and for the Oklahoma breeding population we used published migration tracking data on adult males to explore phenotypic variation in individual migratory behavior. We found no correlation between microsatellite allele size within either Clock and Adcyap1 relative to the initiation or duration of fall migration in adult males breeding in Oklahoma. We also show the lack of significant correlations with aspects of the migratory phenotype for the Louisiana population. Our research highlights the limitations of studying microsatellite allelic mutations that are of undetermined functional influence relative to complex behavioral phenotypes.en_US
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dc.description.sponsorshipThis research was funded by the National Science Foundation (grants nos. IDBR 1014891 and DEB 0946685) and by the United States Department of Agriculture (grant no. NIFA-AFRI-003536). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.en_US
dc.identifier.citationContina A, Bridge ES, Ross JD, Shipley JR, Kelly JF (2018) Examination of Clock and Adcyap1 gene variation in a neotropical migratory passerine. PLoS ONE 13(1): e0190859. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0190859en_US
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0190859en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11244/299322
dc.languageen_USen_US
dc.rightsCC0 1.0 Universal*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/*
dc.subjectLouisianaen_US
dc.subjectOklahomaen_US
dc.subjectNorth Carolinaen_US
dc.subjectAnimal sexual behavioren_US
dc.subjectAnimal migrationen_US
dc.subjectPopulation geneticsen_US
dc.subjectGenetic locien_US
dc.subjectAllelesen_US
dc.titleExamination of Clock and Adcyap1 gene variation in a neotropical migratory passerineen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
ou.groupCollege of Arts and Sciences::Department of Biologyen_US

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