A mosaic of modular variation at a single gene underpins convergent plumage coloration

Dave Lutgen, Valentina Peona, Madeline A. Chase, Niloofar Alaei Kakhki, Fritjof Lammers, Stacey G. de Souza, Anne-Lyse Ducrest, Marta Burri, Pavlos Andriopoulos, Sifiso M. Lukhele, Michaella Moysi, Elizabeth Yohannes, Abdin Abbasov, Tamer Albayrak, Mansour Aliabadian, Nicolas Auchli, Vasileios Bontzorlos, Ioulios Christoforou, José Luis Copete, Egidio Fulco, Jesus T. Garcia, Zura Javakhishvili, Anna Kazazou, Fumin Lei, Yang Liu, Nika Paposhvili, Robert Patchett, Áron Péter, Raphael Ritter, Attila D. Sándor, Fabian Schneider, Petar Shurulinkov, Sergey Sklyarenko, Borut Stumberger, Abulfaz Tagiyev, Alessia Uboldi, Nikitas Vogiatzis, Fanny Taborsak-Lines, Joel Gruselius, Liqun Yao, Catherine L. Peichel, Alexander Suh, Pierre-Alexandre Gagnaire, Alexander N. G. Kirschel, Manuel Schweizer, Holger Schielzeth, Reto Burri

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DOI: 10.1126/science.ado8005
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@article{allodium:10.1126/science.ado8005,
  title = {A mosaic of modular variation at a single gene underpins convergent plumage coloration},
  author = {Dave Lutgen and Valentina Peona and Madeline A. Chase and Niloofar Alaei Kakhki and Fritjof Lammers and Stacey G. de Souza and Anne-Lyse Ducrest and Marta Burri and Pavlos Andriopoulos and Sifiso M. Lukhele and Michaella Moysi and Elizabeth Yohannes and Abdin Abbasov and Tamer Albayrak and Mansour Aliabadian and Nicolas Auchli and Vasileios Bontzorlos and Ioulios Christoforou and José Luis Copete and Egidio Fulco and Jesus T. Garcia and Zura Javakhishvili and Anna Kazazou and Fumin Lei and Yang Liu and Nika Paposhvili and Robert Patchett and Áron Péter and Raphael Ritter and Attila D. Sándor and Fabian Schneider and Petar Shurulinkov and Sergey Sklyarenko and Borut Stumberger and Abulfaz Tagiyev and Alessia Uboldi and Nikitas Vogiatzis and Fanny Taborsak-Lines and Joel Gruselius and Liqun Yao and Catherine L. Peichel and Alexander Suh and Pierre-Alexandre Gagnaire and Alexander N. G. Kirschel and Manuel Schweizer and Holger Schielzeth and Reto Burri},
  year = {2025},
  journal = {Science},
  doi = {10.1126/science.ado8005},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1126/science.ado8005}
}

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TY  - JOUR
TI  - A mosaic of modular variation at a single gene underpins convergent plumage coloration
AU  - Dave Lutgen
AU  - Valentina Peona
AU  - Madeline A. Chase
AU  - Niloofar Alaei Kakhki
AU  - Fritjof Lammers
AU  - Stacey G. de Souza
AU  - Anne-Lyse Ducrest
AU  - Marta Burri
AU  - Pavlos Andriopoulos
AU  - Sifiso M. Lukhele
AU  - Michaella Moysi
AU  - Elizabeth Yohannes
AU  - Abdin Abbasov
AU  - Tamer Albayrak
AU  - Mansour Aliabadian
AU  - Nicolas Auchli
AU  - Vasileios Bontzorlos
AU  - Ioulios Christoforou
AU  - José Luis Copete
AU  - Egidio Fulco
AU  - Jesus T. Garcia
AU  - Zura Javakhishvili
AU  - Anna Kazazou
AU  - Fumin Lei
AU  - Yang Liu
AU  - Nika Paposhvili
AU  - Robert Patchett
AU  - Áron Péter
AU  - Raphael Ritter
AU  - Attila D. Sándor
AU  - Fabian Schneider
AU  - Petar Shurulinkov
AU  - Sergey Sklyarenko
AU  - Borut Stumberger
AU  - Abulfaz Tagiyev
AU  - Alessia Uboldi
AU  - Nikitas Vogiatzis
AU  - Fanny Taborsak-Lines
AU  - Joel Gruselius
AU  - Liqun Yao
AU  - Catherine L. Peichel
AU  - Alexander Suh
AU  - Pierre-Alexandre Gagnaire
AU  - Alexander N. G. Kirschel
AU  - Manuel Schweizer
AU  - Holger Schielzeth
AU  - Reto Burri
PY  - 2025
JO  - Science
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Lutgen, D., Peona, V., Chase, M. A., Kakhki, N. A., Lammers, F., Souza, S. G. D., Ducrest, A., Burri, M., Andriopoulos, P., Lukhele, S. M., Moysi, M., Yohannes, E., Abbasov, A., Albayrak, T., Aliabadian, M., Auchli, N., Bontzorlos, V., Christoforou, I., Copete, J. L., Fulco, E., Garcia, J. T., Javakhishvili, Z., Kazazou, A., Lei, F., Liu, Y., Paposhvili, N., Patchett, R., Péter, Á., Ritter, R., Sándor, A. D., Schneider, F., Shurulinkov, P., Sklyarenko, S., Stumberger, B., Tagiyev, A., Uboldi, A., Vogiatzis, N., Taborsak-Lines, F., Gruselius, J., Yao, L., Peichel, C. L., Suh, A., Gagnaire, P., Kirschel, A. N. G., Schweizer, M., Schielzeth, H., & Burri, R. (2025). A mosaic of modular variation at a single gene underpins convergent plumage coloration. Science. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.ado8005

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