Colour polymorphism is widespread among vertebrates and plays important roles in prey-predator interactions, thermoregulation, social competition, and sexual selection. However, the genetic mechanisms involved in colour variation have been studied mainly in domestic mammals and birds, whereas information on wild animals remains scarce. Interestingly, the pro-opiomelanocortin gene (POMC) gives rise to melanocortin hormones that trigger melanogenesis (by binding the melanocortin-1-receptor; Mc1r) and other physiological and behavioural functions (by binding the melanocortin receptors Mc1-5rs). Owing to its pleiotropic effect, the POMC gene could therefore account for the numerous covariations between pigmentation and other phenotypic traits. ...
Determining the mechanistic and genetic basis of animal coloration is essential to understand the co...
The goal of this research project was to determine if the MC1R gene is responsible for the color var...
BACKGROUND: The presence of intraspecific color polymorphism can have multiple impacts on the ecolog...
In vertebrates, melanin-based coloration is often associated with variation in physiological and beh...
The wealth of information on the genetics of pigmentation and the clear fitness consequences of many...
As largely demonstrated for a wide range of vertebrates, the melanin‐based coloration can be the eff...
The salamander, Plethodon cinereus, is commonly found in two different color phases; the red-back ph...
Reptiles show an amazing color diversity based on variation in melanins, carotenoids, and pterins. T...
In reptiles, dorsal body darkness often varies with substrate color or temperature environment, and ...
Reptiles use pterin and carotenoid pigments to produce yellow, orange, and red colors. These conspic...
Genetic and phenotypic differentiation in allopatric conditions can be explained either by neutral p...
The work summarizes current knowledge about the melanin-based color polymorphism of integument and i...
Reptiles, supposedly, do not produce pheomelanin pigments. Because this claim is based on rather wea...
The melanocortin 1-receptor (MC1R) and the agouti signaling protein (ASIP) are the major genes contr...
Colouration has been associated with multiple biologically relevant traits that drive adaptation and...
Determining the mechanistic and genetic basis of animal coloration is essential to understand the co...
The goal of this research project was to determine if the MC1R gene is responsible for the color var...
BACKGROUND: The presence of intraspecific color polymorphism can have multiple impacts on the ecolog...
In vertebrates, melanin-based coloration is often associated with variation in physiological and beh...
The wealth of information on the genetics of pigmentation and the clear fitness consequences of many...
As largely demonstrated for a wide range of vertebrates, the melanin‐based coloration can be the eff...
The salamander, Plethodon cinereus, is commonly found in two different color phases; the red-back ph...
Reptiles show an amazing color diversity based on variation in melanins, carotenoids, and pterins. T...
In reptiles, dorsal body darkness often varies with substrate color or temperature environment, and ...
Reptiles use pterin and carotenoid pigments to produce yellow, orange, and red colors. These conspic...
Genetic and phenotypic differentiation in allopatric conditions can be explained either by neutral p...
The work summarizes current knowledge about the melanin-based color polymorphism of integument and i...
Reptiles, supposedly, do not produce pheomelanin pigments. Because this claim is based on rather wea...
The melanocortin 1-receptor (MC1R) and the agouti signaling protein (ASIP) are the major genes contr...
Colouration has been associated with multiple biologically relevant traits that drive adaptation and...
Determining the mechanistic and genetic basis of animal coloration is essential to understand the co...
The goal of this research project was to determine if the MC1R gene is responsible for the color var...
BACKGROUND: The presence of intraspecific color polymorphism can have multiple impacts on the ecolog...