Whether or not selection can induce variability: Model of the American mink ( Mustela vison )

O. V. Trapezov; L. I. Trapezova

doi:10.1134/S0031030116140112

Whether or not selection can induce variability: Model of the American mink (Mustela vison)

Authors: Trapezov O.V.¹, Trapezova L.I.¹
Affiliations:
1. Institute of Cytology and Genetics, Siberian Branch
Issue: Vol 50, No 14 (2016)
Pages: 1649-1655
Section: Article
URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/0031-0301/article/view/166213
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1134/S0031030116140112
ID: 166213

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Abstract

Long-term program of experimental domestication of the American mink Mustela vison has hown an increase in the rate and range of variation of color innovations that have not been recorded in this pecies in previous evolutionary history. It is shown that phenotypic expression of this kind occurs in certain reviously domesticated species.

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Mustela vison, American mink, experimental domestication, coat color innovations, selection for aggressiveness

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O. V. Trapezov

Institute of Cytology and Genetics, Siberian Branch

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Email: trapezov@bionet.nsc.ru
Russian Federation, pr. akademika Lavrent’eva 10, Novosibirsk, 63090

L. I. Trapezova