Sequence variation in the melanocortin-1 receptor (MC1R) pigmentation gene and its role in the cryptic coloration of two South American sand lizards

Sequence variation in the melanocortin-1 receptor (MC1R) pigmentation gene and its role in the cryptic coloration of two South American sand lizards

In reptiles, dorsal body darkness often varies with substrate color or temperature environment, and is generally presumed to be an adaptation for crypsis or thermoregulation. However, the genetic basis of pigmentation is poorly known in this group. In this study we analyzed the coding region of the...

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Main Authors: Josmael Corso, Gislene L. Gonçalves, Thales R.O. de Freitas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Genética 2012-01-01
Series:Genetics and Molecular Biology
Subjects:
adaptation
body color
crypsis
Liolaemidae
pigmentation genes
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1415-47572012000100011

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