ArticleCurrent biology : CB2023
Genetic architecture and evolution of color variation in American black bears.
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- Genetic variants in melanogenesis proteins TYRP1 and TYR are associated with the golden rhesus macaque phenotype.G3 (Bethesda, Md.) · 2023Article
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Abstract
Color variation is a frequent evolutionary substrate for camouflage in small mammals, but the underlying genetics and evolutionary forces that drive color variation in natural populations of large mammals are mostly unexplained. The American black bear, Ursus americanus (U. americanus), exhibits a range of colors including the cinnamon morph, which has a similar color to the brown bear, U. arctos, and is found at high frequency in the American southwest. Reflectance and chemical melanin measurements showed little distinction between U. arctos and cinnamon U. americanus individuals. We used a genome-wide association for hair color as a quantitative trait in 151 U. americanus individuals and identified a single major locus (p < 10
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