The Genetic Basis of Adaptation following Plastic Changes in Coloration in a Novel Environment.

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2018.06.075

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The Genetic Basis of Adaptation following Plastic Changes in Coloration in a Novel Environment.

Current biology : CB - 24 Sept 2018

Corl Ammon, Bi Ke, Luke Claudia, Challa Akshara Sree, Stern Aaron James, Sinervo Barry, Nielsen Rasmus

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Phenotypic plasticity has been hypothesized to precede and facilitate adaptation to novel environments [1-8], but examples of plasticity preceding adaptation in wild populations are rare (but see [9, 10]). We studied a population of side-blotched lizards, Uta stansburiana, living on a lava flow that formed 22,500 years ago [11] to understand the origin of their novel melanic phenotype that makes them cryptic on...

Topics

Adaptation, Physiological
Animals
California
Color
Environment
Lizards
Melanins
Phenotype
Pigmentation
Reptilian Proteins

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PMID: 30197088
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2018.06.075

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