Heterozygosity is low where rare color variants in wild carnivores prevail
Abstract Coat color and pattern are a distinguished feature in mammalian carnivores, shaped by climatic cycles and habitat type. It can be expressed in various ways, such as gradients, polymorphisms, and rare color variants. Although natural selection explains much of the phenotypic variation found...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Wiley
2024-02-01
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Series: | Ecology and Evolution |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.10881 |