Regulatory changes in pterin and carotenoid genes underlie balanced color polymorphisms in the wall lizard
P. Andrade, C. Pinho, G. Perez i de Lanuza, S. Afonso, J. Brejcha, C.-J. Rubin, O. Wallerman, P. Pereira, S. J. Sabatino, A. Bellati, D. Pellitteri-Rosa, Z. Bosakova, M. A. Carretero, N. Feiner, P. Marsik, , M. Carneiro
The paper identifies regulatory changes in pterin and carotenoid genes that underlie color polymorphisms in wall lizards, showing that these loci have pleiotropic effects on physiology.
bioRxiv · Nov 29, 2018Evolutionary Biology