Essays about: "body pigmentation"

Found 2 essays containing the words body pigmentation.

  1. 1. Environmental variation and phenotypic plasticity : The effect of water visibility on body pigmentation in perch (Perca fluviatilis L.)

    University essay from Institutionen för biologisk grundutbildning

    Author : Anna Gusén; [2010]
    Keywords : Phenotypic plasticity; perch; body pigmentation; background colour; camouflage;

    Abstract : Phenotypic plasticity is defined as an organism’s ability to express differentphenotypes depending on the environment. Predation is one of the key forces inecology and can indirectly cause a change of the phenotype in fish populations.Pigmentation change in order to match the background is one type of camouflage usedin fish and other organisms. READ MORE

  3. 2. Mapping of the silver coat colour locus in the horse

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Animal Breeding and Genetics

    Author : Emma Brunberg; [2006]
    Keywords : horse coat colour; silver dapple; PMEL17; genetics;

    Abstract : The silver dappled colour in horses is controlled by a dominant allele that dilutes the black pigment eumelanin. A black or brown horse that carries the allele becomes diluted in mainly mane and tail, while the hair of the body remains dark. READ MORE