Inês Miranda

The paper uses museum genomics to link MC1R alleles to winter coat color polymorphism in long-tailed weasels, identifying deletions associated with different color morphs.

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.

This study presents the first comprehensive comparative and phylogenomic analysis of the Mustelinae lineage, revealing genome size variation, chromosomal evolution, and demographic responses to climate cycles across ten species.