ArticleSystematic biology2021
Color Polymorphism is a Driver of Diversification in the Lizard Family Lacertidae.
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- Multivariate Models of Animal Sex: Breaking Binaries Leads to a Better Understanding of Ecology and Evolution.Integrative and comparative biology · 2023Pooled it
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- More than meets the (human) eye: Cryptic chromatic diversity in a colour polymorphic lizard : Cryptic polymorphism in lacertid lizards.Die Naturwissenschaften · 2026Article
- Tracing Genetic Divergence and Phylogeographic Patterns ofAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2025Article
- Long-term evolutionary persistence of a cryptic color polymorphism in frogs.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025Article
- Lizard polymorphic throat colors are distinguishable by conspecifics and predators across variable light environments.PloS one · 2025Article
- Fluorescent proteins generate a genetic color polymorphism and counteract oxidative stress in intertidal sea anemones.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2024Article
- Back in black: melanin-rich skin colour associated with increased net diversification rates in birds.Biology letters · 2023Article
- Viability, behavior, and color expression in the offspring of matings between common wall lizardCurrent zoology · 2022Article
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Abstract
Color polymorphism-two or more heritable color phenotypes maintained within a single breeding population-is an extreme type of intraspecific diversity widespread across the tree of life. Color polymorphism is hypothesized to be an engine for speciation, where morph loss or divergence between distinct color morphs within a species results in the rapid evolution of new lineages, and thus, color polymorphic lineages are expected to display elevated diversification rates. Multiple species in the lizard family Lacertidae are color polymorphic, making them an ideal group to investigate the evolutionary history of this trait and its influence on macroevolution. Here, we produce a comprehensive species-level phylogeny of the lizard family Lacertidae to reconstruct the evolutionary history of color polymorphism and test if color polymorphism has been a driver of diversification. Accounting for phylogenetic uncertainty with multiple phylogenies and simulation studies, we estimate an ancient origin of color polymorphism (111 Ma) within the Lacertini tribe (subfamily Lacertinae). Color polymorphism most likely evolved few times in the Lacertidae and has been lost at a much faster rate than gained. Evolutionary transitions to color polymorphism are associated with shifts in increased net diversification rate in this family of lizards. Taken together, our empirical results support long-standing theoretical expectations that color polymorphism is a driver of diversification.[Color polymorphism; Lacertidae; state-dependent speciation extinction models; trait-dependent diversification.].
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