The genomics of coloration provides insights into adaptive evolution

A Orteu, CD Jiggins - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2020 - nature.com
Coloration is an easily quantifiable visual trait that has proven to be a highly tractable system
for genetic analysis and for studying adaptive evolution. The application of genomic …

Analysis of the genetic loci of pigment pattern evolution in vertebrates

J Elkin, A Martin, V Courtier‐Orgogozo… - Biological …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Vertebrate pigmentation patterns are amongst the best characterised model systems for
studying the genetic basis of adaptive evolution. The wealth of available data on the genetic …

[HTML][HTML] A mechanism for red coloration in vertebrates

MB Toomey, CI Marques, PM Araújo, D Huang… - Current Biology, 2022 - cell.com
Red coloration is a salient feature of the natural world. Many vertebrates produce red color
by converting dietary yellow carotenoids into red ketocarotenoids via an unknown …

Plumage patterns: Ecological functions, evolutionary origins, and advances in quantification

NA Mason, RCK Bowie - The Auk, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Birds exhibit remarkable variation in plumage patterns, both within individual feathers and
among plumage patches. Differences in the size, shape, and location of pigments and …

The genomics of adaptation in birds

L Campagna, DPL Toews - Current Biology, 2022 - cell.com
Organismal adaptations are the hallmark of natural selection. Studies of adaptations in avian
systems have been central to key conceptual and empirical advances in the field of …

Extensive hybridization reveals multiple coloration genes underlying a complex plumage phenotype

SM Aguillon, J Walsh, IJ Lovette - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Coloration is an important target of both natural and sexual selection. Discovering the
genetic basis of colour differences can help us to understand how this visually striking …

Development and genetics of red coloration in the zebrafish relative Danio albolineatus

D Huang, VM Lewis, TN Foster, MB Toomey, JC Corbo… - Elife, 2021 - elifesciences.org
Animal pigment patterns play important roles in behavior and, in many species, red
coloration serves as an honest signal of individual quality in mate choice. Among Danio …

Carotenoid pigmentation in salmon: variation in expression at BCO2-l locus controls a key fitness trait affecting red coloration

SJ Lehnert, KA Christensen… - … of the Royal …, 2019 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Carotenoids are primarily responsible for the characteristic red flesh coloration of salmon.
Flesh coloration is an economically and evolutionarily significant trait that varies inter-and …

High-throughput sequencing is revealing genetic associations with avian plumage color

ER Funk, SA Taylor - The Auk, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Avian evolution has generated an impressive array of patterns and colors in the~ 10,000
bird species that exist on Earth. Recently, a number of exciting studies have utilized whole …

[HTML][HTML] A multispecies BCO2 beak color polymorphism in the Darwin's finch radiation

ED Enbody, CG Sprehn, A Abzhanov, H Bi… - Current Biology, 2021 - cell.com
Carotenoid-based polymorphisms are widespread in populations of birds, fish, and reptiles,
1 but generally little is known about the factors affecting their maintenance in populations. 2 …