Candidate genes underlying hypomelanistic morphs in squamate reptiles.

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Skin coloration is crucial for the survival of animals and ranges from spectacular colorful displays used to attract a mate to cryptic camouflage used to avoid predators. Among the 3 main types of chromatophores, melanophores are the most widespread in vertebrates and can set the skin tone by the amount of melanin they produce and store in dedicated vesicles, the melanosomes. Mutations associated with melanophore...

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