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Natural Selection and Origin of a Melanistic Allele in North American Gray Wolves.
Molecular biology and evolution - 1 May 2018
Schweizer Rena M, Durvasula Arun, Smith Joel, Vohr Samuel H, Stahler Daniel R, Galaverni Marco, Thalmann Olaf, Smith Douglas W, Randi Ettore, Ostrander Elaine A, Green Richard E, Lohmueller Kirk E, Novembre John, Wayne Robert K
Abstract excerpt
Pigmentation is often used to understand how natural selection affects genetic variation in wild populations since it can have a simple genetic basis, and can affect a variety of fitness-related traits (e.g., camouflage, thermoregulation, and sexual display). In gray wolves, the K locus, a β-defensin gene, causes black coat color via a dominantly inherited KB allele. The allele is derived from dog-wolf...
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