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The Genetic Basis of Phenotypic Convergence in Beach Mice: Similar Pigment Patterns but Different Genes
(Oxford University Press (OUP), 2008)
Convergent evolution is a widespread phenomenon seen in diverse organisms inhabiting similar selective environments. However, it is unclear if similar phenotypes are produced by the same or different genes and mutations. ...
Comparative Analysis of Testis Protein Evolution in Rodents
(Genetics Society of America, 2008)
Genes expressed in testes are critical to male reproductive success, affecting spermatogenesis, sperm competition, and sperm–egg interaction. Comparing the evolution of testis proteins at different taxonomic levels can ...
Signatures of Reproductive Isolation in Patterns of Single Nucleotide Diversity Across Inbred Strains of Mice
(Genetics Society of America, 2005)
Reproductive isolation is often caused by the disruption of genic interactions that evolve in geographically separate populations. Identifying the genomic regions and genes involved in these interactions, known as ...
Local adaptation in the rock pocket mouse (Chaetodipus intermedius): natural selection and phylogenetic history of populations
(Nature Publishing Group, 2005)
Elucidating the causes of population divergence is a central goal of evolutionary biology. Rock pocket mice, Chaeotdipus intermedius, are an ideal system in which to study intraspecific phenotypic divergence because of the ...
The genetic basis of adaptive melanism in pocket mice
(Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2003)
Identifying the genes underlying adaptation is a major challenge in evolutionary biology. Here, we describe the molecular changes underlying adaptive coat color variation in a natural population of rock pocket mice, ...
Coat Color Variation in Rock Pocket Mice (Chaetodipus intermedins): from Genotype to Phenotype
(University of California Press, 2005)
Adaptive Reptile Color Variation and the Evolution of the MC1R Gene
(The Society for the Study of Evolution, 2004)
The wealth of information on the genetics of pigmentation and the clear fitness consequences of many pigmentation phenotypes provide an opportunity to study the molecular basis of an ecologically important trait. The ...
Ecological Genetics of Adaptive Color Polymorphism in Pocket Mice: Geographic Variation in Selected and Neutral Genes
(The Society for the Study of Evolution, 2004)
Patterns of geographic variation in phenotype or genotype may provide evidence for natural selection. Here, we compare phenotypic variation in color, allele frequencies of a pigmentation gene (the melanocortin-1 receptor, ...
EVOLUTION: Parallel Evolution Is in the Genes
(American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2004)
Complex plumage patterns seem to have evolved independently among many very different bird species, a striking example of parallel evolution. In their Perspective, Hoekstra and Price discuss the molecular basis for similar ...
Genetics, development and evolution of adaptive pigmentation in vertebrates
(Nature Publishing Group, 2006)
The study of pigmentation has played an important role in the intersection of evolution, genetics, and developmental biology. Pigmentation's utility as a visible phenotypic marker has resulted in over 100 years of intense ...