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QTL analysis revealed one significant QTL for beak length on a maternal linkage group and the corresponding paternal linkage group.
Our interval mapping analysis using one-QTL model revealed only one significant QTL for beak length on LG 6 (maternally at P experiment-wide < 0.01 and paternally at P Chromosome-wide < 0.05).
The results of our study, combined with the presence of more extinct greenfinches in other Macaronesian islands with significant variation in their beak sizes, suggests that the character displacement has influenced patterns of divergence in bill size and shape on other Macaronesian islands as well.
Interestingly, two of them (CCATCAT186 and CCATCTG199, Table 1) had significant effects on both beak length and body size.
This creates a situation of scarcity in which even small differences in beaks may confer significant advantages.
Another study [25] confirmed in eastern towhees (Pipilo erythrophthalmus) the hypothesis that beak gape articulation causes significant modulation of the vocal tract filtering function.
Interestingly, the most significant body size QTL co-localized with the beak length QTL, suggesting linkage disequilibrium or pleiotropic effects of related traits.
Interestingly, we found positive, though non-significant, genetic selection gradients for song rate and beak colour, which would suggest evolutionary change (gradients from two-trait models: song rate βA = 0.24 ± 0.15 (SE), beak colour βA = 0.24 ± 0.19 (SE), Figure 4).
Interestingly, the BMP pathway involved in beak development and shape had a statistically significant overrepresentation of CRA-associated epimutations when examined independently (P < 2.7 × 10−) (fig. 7).
The WP group of animals showed significant improvements in the grip strength scores and recorded stronger beak than the DM group of animals.
