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ArticleEcology and evolution2026

Associations of MC1R Substitutions With Body Color Variation in a Desert Lizard.

Haojie Tong, Qianjin Lin, Shuangyue Shi, Kaixin Wang, Yaxin Guo, Richard P Brown, Yuanting Jin

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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. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Haojie TongCollege of Life Sciences China Jiliang University Hangzhou P. R. China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7094-2832
Qianjin LinCollege of Life Sciences China Jiliang University Hangzhou P. R. China.
Shuangyue ShiCollege of Life Sciences China Jiliang University Hangzhou P. R. China.
Kaixin WangCollege of Life Sciences China Jiliang University Hangzhou P. R. China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0000-1207-6254
Yaxin GuoCollege of Life Sciences China Jiliang University Hangzhou P. R. China.
Richard P BrownSchool of Biological and Environmental Sciences Liverpool John Moores University Liverpool UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2401-6077
Yuanting JinCollege of Life Sciences China Jiliang University Hangzhou P. R. China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1001-2158

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Abstract

Body color variation is widespread among animals, and the melanocortin 1 receptor (MC1R) acts as a vital switch gene in regulating pigmentation. A small number of amino acid substitutions, or even a single one, in MC1R are known to influence the body coloration of animals. To investigate the associations between MC1R variants and body color variation in melanistic and non-melanistic populations of a toad-headed lizard,

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binding affinitybody colorationMC1Rmelanistic

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