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PMEL p.Leu18del dilutes coat color of Kumamoto sub-breed of Japanese Brown cattle
BMC Genomics, 2022 Background Coat color is important for registration and maintenance of livestock. Standard coat color of Kumamoto sub-breed of Japanese Brown cattle is solid brown, but individuals with diluted coat color have been observed recently.
Satoshi Kimura +11 more
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Enclosure Background Preferences Differ between Sexes and Color Morphs in the Gouldian Finch
Animals, 2023 Most wild animals camouflage well into their environment, providing protection from predators, whereas captive animals often contrast with their background. This can cause stress for the animal, which may perceive it as being exposed.
Robert I. Moise +2 more
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Ecology and Evolution, 2020 Camouflage may promote fitness of given phenotypes in different environments. The tawny owl (Strix aluco) is a color polymorphic species with a gray and brown morph resident in the Western Palearctic.
Katja Koskenpato +3 more
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Evolutionary history and diversity in the ball roller beetle Canthon cyanellus
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2023 To understand the evolutionary history of species, it is necessary to know the mechanisms for reproductive isolation, divergence-time between populations, and the relative action of the evolutionary forces (e.g., mutation, genetic drift, gene flow ...
Janet Nolasco-Soto +3 more
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Ecology and Evolution, 2020 Non‐sex‐linked color polymorphism is common in animals and can be maintained in populations via balancing selection or, when under diversifying selection, can promote divergence.
Michelle R. Gaither +8 more
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Maintenance of polymorphism in the orb weaving spider species Agalenatea redii (Araneae, Araneidae) [PDF]
, 2012 The maintenance of polymorphism within populations may be the consequence of several elements of species life history such as use of space, activity rhythms, predation, parasitism and reproduction.
François, Olivier +3 more
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Color-assortative mating in a color-polymorphic lacertid lizard [PDF]
Behavioral Ecology, 2012 Color polymorphisms are common in lizards, which provide an excellent model system to study their evolution and adaptive function. The lacertid genus Podarcis is particularly interesting because it comprises several polymorphic species. Previous studies with lacertid lizards have tried to explain the maintenance of color polymorphisms by correlational ...
Guillem Pérez i de Lanuza +2 more
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Sex-related differences in chromatic sensitivity [PDF]
, 2008 Generally women are believed to be more discriminating than men in the use of colour names and this is often taken to imply superior colour vision. However, if both X-chromosome linked colour deficient males (~8%) and females (
J.A. HARLOW +7 more
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Nuclear Gene Indicates Coat-Color Polymorphism in Mammoths [PDF]
Science, 2006 By amplifying the melanocortin type 1 receptor from the woolly mammoth, we can report the complete nucleotide sequence of a nuclear-encoded gene from an extinct species. We found two alleles and show that one allele produces a functional protein whereas the other one encodes a protein with strongly reduced activity.
Römpler, Holger +8 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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