Museum genomics links MC1R alleles to adaptive winter coat color polymorphism in the long-tailed weasel
João Pimenta, Inês Miranda, Liliana Farelo, Marcela Maki Alvarenga, L. Scott Mills, José Melo‐Ferreira
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.
Evolution · Jun 23, 2026Peer-reviewedEvolutionary Biology