Urbanization is associated with non-coding polymorphisms in candidate behavioural genes in the Eurasian coot.

ABSTRACT: Extensive transformation of natural land cover into urbanized areas enhances accumulation of phenotypic differences between animals from urban and nonurban populations, but there is little information on whether these changes, especially in terms of animal behaviour and circadian rhythm, have a genetic basis. The aim of this study was to investigate genetic background of behavioural differences between four pairs of urban and nonurban populations of a common waterbird, the Eurasian coot Fulica atra. For this purpose, we quantified polymorphisms in personality-related candidate genes, previously reported to be associated with avian circadian rhythms and behavioural traits that may be crucial for urban life. We found general associations between landscape urbanization level and polymo

SUBMITTER: Chyb A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10542476 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature