Table 3.

Results from the SCORE association tests comparing birds displaying changes in head, nape, and back color (N = 96 individuals)

Comparison	Agouti	Corin	DCT	POMC	SLC24A5	TYR	TYRP1a
Head: brown vs. grey	0.52	0.08	0.25	0.97	0.56	0.81	0.213
Nape: brown vs. grey	0.78	0.45	0.74	0.82	0.98	0.27	0.059
Back: brown vs. grey	0.12	0.18	0.88	0.38	0.90	0.26	0.001
Highland form: brown vs. grey	0.54	0.13	0.18	0.38	0.46	0.43	0.309

The fourth test compared highland grey and brown morphs (N = 48 individuals). Significant P-value is highlighted in bold.

^aFor TYRP1, a Fisher’s exact test was performed as there was a single polymorphic site in the sequence.