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ArticleEcology and evolution2026

Aberrant Pigmentation in a Schooling Cownose Ray (

Morgan F Bennett-Smith, Taylor Griffith, Helena Janulis, Eloise B Richardson, Stephen J Tomasetti

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Article in Ecology and evolution, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Morgan F Bennett-SmithDepartment of Biology & Boston University Marine Program Boston University Boston Massachusetts USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7681-8939
Taylor GriffithMission Blue Napa California USA.
Helena JanulisThe Explorers Club New York New York USA.
Eloise B RichardsonDivision of Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering (BESE) King Abdullah University of Science and Technology Thuwal Saudi Arabia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0007-4103-2147
Stephen J TomasettiDepartment of Natural Sciences University of Maryland Eastern Shore Sarbanes Coastal Ecology Center Berlin Maryland USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6947-5141

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

While pigmentation disorders such as albinism have been documented in a range of elasmobranch species, including the American cownose ray (

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Batoideacoastal ecologycolor aberrationelasmobranchshypopigmentationphenotypic variationpiebaldism

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PMID41497784
PMCPMC12765626

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