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Selected Works of Meredith Protas
Article
Evolution of coloration patterns
Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology (2008)
  • Meredith E. Protas, Department of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley
  • Nipam H. Patel, Department of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley
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Abstract
There is an amazing amount of diversity in coloration patterns in nature. The ease of observing this diversity and the recent application of genetic and molecular techniques to model and nonmodel animals are allowing us to investigate the genetic basis and evolution of coloration in an ever-increasing variety of animals. It is now possible to ask questions about how many genes are responsible for any given pattern, what types of genetic changes have occurred to generate the diversity, and if the same underlying genetic changes occur repeatedly when coloration phenotypes arise through convergent evolution or parallel evolution.
Keywords
  • pigmentation,
  • morphological change,
  • genetic mapping,
  • mimicry
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Publication Date
2008
DOI
10.1146/annurev.cellbio.24.110707.175302
Citation Information
Meredith E. Protas and Nipam H. Patel. "Evolution of coloration patterns" Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology Vol. 24 (2008) p. 425 - 446 ISSN: 1081-0706
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/meredith-protas/13/