Article
Introgression drives repeated evolution of winter coat color polymorphism in hares.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 26 Nov 2019
Giska Iwona, Farelo Liliana, Pimenta João, Seixas Fernando A, Ferreira Mafalda S, Marques João P, Miranda Inês, Letty Jérôme, Jenny Hannes, Hackländer Klaus, Magnussen Eyðfinn, Melo-Ferreira José
Abstract excerpt
Changing from summer-brown to winter-white pelage or plumage is a crucial adaptation to seasonal snow in more than 20 mammal and bird species. Many of these species maintain nonwhite winter morphs, locally adapted to less snowy conditions, which may have evolved independently. Mountain hares (Lepus timidus) from Fennoscandia were introduced into the Faroe Islands in 1855. While they were initially winter-white,...
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