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Genetic basis of stage-specific melanism: a putative role for a cysteine sulfinic acid decarboxylase in insect pigmentation.

Heredity - 1 Jun 2012

Saenko S V, Jerónimo M A, Beldade P

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Melanism, the overall darkening of the body, is a widespread form of animal adaptation to particular environments, and includes bookcase examples of evolution by natural selection, such as industrial melanism in the peppered moth. The major components of the melanin biosynthesis pathway have been characterized in model insects, but little is known about the genetic basis of life-stage specific melanism such as...

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PMID: 22234245
DOI: 10.1038/hdy.2011.127
PMCID: PMC3356807

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