ABSTRACT Background and Aim Colour polymorphic populations constitute excellent
model systems for testing ecological and evolutionary hypotheses, as alternate colourations …

Variation in coat color is a prominent feature in carnivores, thought to be shaped by
environmental factors. As new traits could allow populations to occupy novel niches and …

Marine gastropods are characterized by an incredible variation in shell color. In this review,
we aim to introduce researchers to previous studies of shell color polymorphism in this …

Since the rediscovery of Mendelian genetics over a century ago, there has been much
debate about the evolutionary importance of mutations with large phenotypic effects. While …

Aim In wide‐ranging taxa occupying broad climate gradients, alternative colour pattern
variants (ie morphs) may emerge as an adaptive response to local climatic regimes. We …

While the shell of the land snail Cepaea nemoralis is typically classed as yellow, pink, or
brown, the reality is that colour variation is continuously distributed. To further understand …

Colour polymorphisms are popular study systems among biologists interested in
evolutionary dynamics, genomics, sexual selection and sexual conflict. In many damselfly …

Animal colour patterns long have provided information about key processes that drive the
ecological and evolutionary dynamics of biological diversity. Theory and empirical evidence …

Colour is an important visual cue that can correlate with sex, behaviour, life history or
ecological strategies, and has evolved divergently and convergently across animal lineages …

Habitat degradation and climatic changes are causing declines in bee populations, which in
turn threaten wild plant reproductive success and the global food supply. We examined …