A community-science approach identifies genetic variants associated with three color morphs in ball pythons (Python regius)

Autumn R. Brown; Kaylee Comai; Dominic Mannino; Haily McCullough; Yamini Donekal; Hunter C. Meyers; Chiron W. Graves; Hannah S. Seidel; The BIO306W Consortium

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0276376

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A community-science approach identifies genetic variants associated with three color morphs in ball pythons (Python regius)

Autumn R. Brown,

Roles Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Biology, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI, United States of America
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Kaylee Comai,

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Biology, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI, United States of America
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Dominic Mannino,

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Biology, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI, United States of America
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Haily McCullough,

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Biology, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI, United States of America
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Yamini Donekal,

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Biology, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI, United States of America
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Hunter C. Meyers,

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Biology, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI, United States of America
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Chiron W. Graves ,

Roles Conceptualization, Resources, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: cgraves6@emich.edu (CWG); hseidel@emich.edu (HSS)

Affiliation Department of Biology, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI, United States of America
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Hannah S. Seidel ,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: cgraves6@emich.edu (CWG); hseidel@emich.edu (HSS)

Affiliation Department of Biology, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI, United States of America

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4831-8646

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The BIO306W Consortium

¶The BIO306W Consortium comprises students in an undergraduate laboratory course at Eastern Michigan University. Students are listed in the Acknowledgments

Affiliation Department of Biology, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI, United States of America
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A community-science approach identifies genetic variants associated with three color morphs in ball pythons (Python regius)

Autumn R. Brown,
Kaylee Comai,
Dominic Mannino,
Haily McCullough,
Yamini Donekal,
Hunter C. Meyers,
Chiron W. Graves,
Hannah S. Seidel,
The BIO306W Consortium

Published: October 19, 2022
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0276376

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