Tremendous progress has been made in identifying genes involved in pigmentation in dogs in the past few years. Comparative genomics has both aided and benefited from these findings. Seven genes that cause specific coat colours and/or patterns in dogs have been identified: melanocortin 1 receptor, tyrosinase related protein 1, agouti signal peptide, melanophilin, SILV (formerly PMEL17), micropht...

AffiliAtions: Xie, Mccoy, Klein, and cedeRwall—lawrence livermore national laboratory, livermore, California; hall, MccoRd, and palaniSaMy—oak Ridge national laboratory, oak Ridge, tennessee; clothiauX—the Pennsylvania state University, University Park, Pennsylvania; gauStad, long, MatheR, McfaRlane, and Shi—Pacific northwest national laboratory, Richland, Washington; golaz and lin—noAA geophys...

The interspecific competition between a new cockroach pest species in Southeast Asia, the Smooth cockroach, Symploce pallens (Stephens) and the ubiquitous German cockroach, Blattella germanica (L.) was studied under different food and water regimes (unlimited food and water [control], limited water, limited food and limited food and water). Both species were found to have equal chances to coexi...