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BMC Evolutionary Biology, 2010 Background The thermal benefits of melanism in ectothermic animals are widely recognized, but relatively little is known about population differentiation in the degree of melanism along thermal gradients, and the relative contributions of genetic vs ...
Jönsson K +5 more
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, 2012 Number of Pages: 17Integrative BiologyGeological ...
Ernst, Carl H., Seidel, Michael E.
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, 2002 Number of Pages: 2Integrative BiologyGeological ...
Censky, Ellen J. +2 more
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Gnorimus bartelsi Faldermann, 1835 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) in the Northwestern Caucasus and its general distribution [PDF]
Кавказский энтомологический бюллетень, 2016 The populations of Gnorimus bartelsi Faldermann, 1835 from the mountains in the western Krasnodar Region show clear-cut inclinations of the coloration of the elytra to melanism.
A.I. Miroshnikov
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PLoS ONE, 2019 Melanism in the cat family has been associated with functions including camouflage, thermoregulation and parasite resistance. Here we investigate a new hypothesis proposing that the evolution of melanism in cats has additionally been influenced by ...
Maurício Eduardo Graipel +5 more
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First evidence of hybridization between golden jackal (Canis aureus) and domestic dog (Canis familiaris) as revealed by genetic markers [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2015 Interspecific hybridization is relatively frequent in nature and numerous cases of hybridization between wild canids and domestic dogs have been recorded.
Ana Galov +8 more
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Taxonomic studies of the genus Phymaturus (IGUANIA: LIOLAEMIDAE): Description of four new species. [PDF]
, 2010 After the study of a diverse collection of Phymaturus from three Argentinian institutions and additional samples collected in the last two years we discovered several populations of uncertain taxonomic status.
Abdala, Cristian Simón +2 more
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Polymorphism of fur coloration intensity in mammals [PDF]
Праці Теріологічної школи, 2016 The concept of coloration polymorphism and melanism in mammals was reviewed. It was shown that polymorphism has different types and mammals color differentiation is only one of its kinds.
Yulia Zizda
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A novel locus on chromosome 1 underlies the evolution of a melanic plumage polymorphism in a wild songbird [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2017 Understanding the mechanisms responsible for phenotypic diversification within and among species ultimately rests with linking naturally occurring mutations to functionally and ecologically significant traits.
Yann X. C. Bourgeois +13 more
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