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Color polymorphism and variation in microhabitat selection: a defensive strategy in males of Boana pulchella (Anura: Hylidae)? [PDF]
Acta Scientiarum: Biological Sciences, 2022 Anurans vary in body coloration and frequently exhibit color polymorphism, with selection by predation pressure favoring more cryptic animals. Spatial differentiation may also favor color polymorphism in some species, since cryptic morphotypes can use ...
Luísa Nunes Lermen +2 more
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Predation and the maintenance of color polymorphism in a habitat specialist squamate. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2012 Multiple studies have addressed the mechanisms maintaining polymorphism within a population. However, several examples exist where species inhabiting diverse habitats exhibit local population-specific polymorphism.
Vincent R Farallo, Michael R J Forstner
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Mate Choice Contributes to the Maintenance of Shell Color Polymorphism in a Marine Snail via Frequency-Dependent Sexual Selection [PDF]
Frontiers in Marine Science, 2020 Natural color polymorphisms are widespread across animal species and usually have a simple genetic basis. This makes them an ideal system to study the evolutionary mechanisms responsible for maintaining biodiversity. In some populations of the intertidal
Daniel Estévez +7 more
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Color Polymorphism is a Driver of Diversification in the Lizard Family Lacertidae. [PDF]
Syst Biol, 2021 Color polymorphism-two or more heritable color phenotypes maintained within a single breeding population-is an extreme type of intraspecific diversity widespread across the tree of life.
Brock KM, McTavish EJ, Edwards DL.
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Color polymorphism in organic crystals. [PDF]
Commun Chem, 2020 Color polymorphism is an interesting property of chemical systems which present crystal polymorphs of different colors. It is a rare phenomenon, with only a few examples reported in the literature hitherto.
Nogueira BA, Castiglioni C, Fausto R.
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Chromosome replacement and deletion lead to clonal polymorphism of berry color in grapevine. [PDF]
PLoS Genetics, 2015 Clonal polymorphism mainly results from somatic mutations that occur naturally during plant growth. In grapevine, arrays of clones have been selected within varieties as a valuable source of diversity, among them clones showing berry color polymorphism ...
Frédérique Pelsy +4 more
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Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2021 Shifts in resource availability due to environmental change are increasingly confronting animals with unfamiliar food types. Species that can rapidly accept new food types may be better adapted to ecological change.
Georgina R. Eccles +3 more
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Ecology and Evolution, 2023 Color polymorphism is a classic study system for evolutionary genetics. One of the most color‐polymorphic animal taxa is mollusks, but the investigation of the genetic basis of color determination is often hindered by their life history and the limited ...
Matthijs Ledder +3 more
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Ontogeny of color development in two green–brown polymorphic grasshopper species
Ecology and Evolution, 2023 Many insects, including several orthopterans, undergo dramatic changes in body coloration during ontogeny. This variation is particularly intriguing in gomphocerine grasshoppers, where the green and brown morphs appear to be genetically determined ...
Mahendra Varma +3 more
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The Biology of Polymorphic Melanic Side-Spotting Patterns in Poeciliid Fishes
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2021 Melanin-based color patterns are an emerging model for studying molecular and evolutionary mechanisms driving phenotypic correlations. Extensive literature exists on color patterns and their correlated traits in the family Poeciliidae, indicating that ...
Tanja C. Zerulla, Philip K. Stoddard
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