Ancient balanced polymorphism underlies long-standing adaptation for seasonal camouflage in the least weasel
Inês Miranda, Raquel Ruivo, Liliana Farelo, Marcela Maki Alvarenga, Zbigniew Borowski, Morten Elmeros, Daniela C. Kalthoff, Juha Merilä, Jürg P. Müller, Laurent Schley, Franz Suchentrunk, Janne Sundell, Mónica Rodrigues, Margarida Santos‐Reis, Carlos Rodríguez Fernandes, , José Melo‐Ferreira
The paper identifies a mutation in the MC1R gene responsible for seasonal camouflage in least weasels and shows it was maintained by spatially varying selection.
Communications Biology · Apr 10, 2026Peer-reviewedEvolutionary Biology