MCA: The genetic basis of complex plumage phenotypes in hybridizing Passerina buntings — NSF Award to University of Wyoming (WY, $
Discovering the genes that underlie complex traits is a crucial step in understanding how biodiversity is generated and maintained. Uncovering the genes that control traits used by females to choose mates, such as male plumage patterns in songbirds, provides important clues into how new species are formed. This researc
| Award title | MCA: The genetic basis of complex plumage phenotypes in hybridizing Passerina buntings |
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| Award ID | 2526795 |
| Awardee | University of Wyoming |
| City | LARAMIE |
| State | WY |
| Amount obligated | $338,479 |
| Principal investigator | Matt Carling |
| Program | Evolutionary Processes |
| Start date | 01/01/2026 |
| Abstract | Discovering the genes that underlie complex traits is a crucial step in understanding how biodiversity is generated and maintained. Uncovering the genes that control traits used by females to choose mates, such as male plumage patterns in songbirds, provides important clues into how new species are formed. This research will focus on two closely-related species of birds that differ dramatically in the color of their feathers. Male Indigo Buntings are entirely blue, a color that is produced by th |
| Source | NSF Awards |
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