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Offner, Susan – American Biology Teacher, 2013
A point mutation in the MC1R gene, a G-protein-coupled receptor, has been found that could have led to the formation of two subspecies of Solomon Island flycatcher from a single ancestral population. I discuss the many roles that G-protein-coupled receptors play in vertebrate physiology and how one particular point mutation can have enormous…
Descriptors: Genetics, Science Instruction, Animals, Physiology