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• The signal function of a melanin-based plumage ornament in Golden-winged Warblers

  Authors:Emily Anne McKinnon and Raleigh J. RobertsonFrom:The Wilson Journal of Ornithology (Vol. 120, Issue 2) Peer-Reviewed

  June 20082,485 words Report 1370LThe decline of Golden-winged Warblers (Vermivora chrysoptera) has been attributed in part to hybridization with a sister species, the Blue-winged Warbler (V. pinus), which lacks the black throat patch typical of the...

• The industrial melanism mutation in British peppered moths is a transposable element

  Authors:Arjen E. van't Hof, Pascal Campagne, Daniel J. Rigden, Carl J. Yung, Jessica Lingley, Michael A. Quail, et al.From:Nature (Vol. 534, Issue 7605) Peer-Reviewed

  June 2, 20165,854 words Report 1510LDiscovering the mutational events that fuel adaptation to environmental change remains an important challenge for evolutionary biology. The classroom example of a visible evolutionary response is industrial melanism in...

• Chromatic variability and sexual dimorphism in the rocky lizard Phymaturus verdugo

  Authors:V. Corbalan, N. Vicenzi, D.L. Moreno Azocar, and S. LiterasFrom:Canadian Journal of Zoology (Vol. 96, Issue 12) Peer-Reviewed

  Dec. 20186,019 words Report 1270LThe genus Phymaturus comprises lizards that inhabit cold environments at high altitudes or latitudes. Phymaturus verdugo Cei and Videla, 2003 is characterized by cephalic melanism, which is interpreted as a character...

• Skin pigmentation provides evidence of convergent melanism in extinct marine reptiles

  Authors:Johan Lindgren, Peter Sjovall, Ryan M. Carney, Per Uvdal, Johan A. Gren, Gareth Dyke, et al.From:Nature (Vol. 506, Issue 7489) Peer-Reviewed

  Feb. 27, 20144,320 words Report 1530LThroughout the animal kingdom, adaptive colouration serves critical functions ranging from inconspicuous camouflage to ostentatious sexual display, and can provide important information about the environment and biology...

• Mapping black panthers: Macroecological modeling of melanism in leopards (Panthera pardus)

  Authors:Lucas G. da Silva, Kae Kawanishi, Philipp Henschel, Andrew Kittle, Arezoo Sanei, Alexander Reebin, et al.From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 12, Issue 4) Peer-Reviewed

  Apr. 5, 20178,149 words Report 1620LThe geographic distribution and habitat association of most mammalian polymorphic phenotypes are still poorly known, hampering assessments of their adaptive significance. Even in the case of the black panther, an iconic...

• Melanism of coyotes (Canis latrans) in Florida

  Authors:Gretchen Caudill and Danny CaudillFrom:The American Midland Naturalist (Vol. 174, Issue 2) Peer-Reviewed

  Oct. 20152,889 words Report 1070LOccurrence of melanism in the coyote (Canis latrans) has been poorly documented. We collected 244 coyote carcasses throughout Florida during 2011-2014 and documented 18 cases of melanism (7.4%). Melanistic individuals...

• MELANISTIC CALIFORNIA GROUND SQUIRRELS (OTOSPERMOPHILUS BEECHEYI).

  Authors:Salvador Gonzalez-Guzman, Eric Mellink, and Scott TremorFrom:Southwestern Naturalist (Vol. 65, Issue 3-4) Peer-Reviewed

  Sept-Dec 2020986 words Report 1330LAlthough melanism is common in some species of North American squirrels, its occurrence in the California ground squirrel (Otospermophilus beecheyi) was only anecdotal and reported in the early 20th century. Here we...

• The industrial melanism mutation in British peppered moths is a transposable element

  Authors:Arjen E. van't Hof, Pascal Campagne, Daniel J. Rigden, Carl J. Yung, Jessica Lingley, Michael A. Quail, et al.From:Nature (Vol. 534, Issue 7605) Peer-Reviewed

  June 20168,657 words Report 1650LThe mutation responsible for the black carbonaria morph of the peppered moth is identified as a transposable element within the cortex gene. The look of Lepidoptera driven by cortex The darkening of the peppered...

• Melanism and ontogeny: a case study in lizards of the Liolaemus fitzingerii group (Squamata: Liolaemini)

  Authors:P.C. Escudero, I. Minoli, M.A. Gonzalez Marin, M. Morando, and L.J. AvilaFrom:Canadian Journal of Zoology (Vol. 94, Issue 3) Peer-Reviewed

  Mar. 20166,088 words Case study 1300LColor polymorphisms in general and melanism in particular have been the focus of many evolutionary adaptation studies. In lizards of the genus Liolaemus Wiegmann, 1834, patterns of melanism have been poorly studied,...

• Westward expansion of melanistic fox squirrels (Sciurus niger) in Omaha, Nebraska

  Author:James A. WilsonFrom:The American Midland Naturalist (Vol. 170, Issue 2) Peer-Reviewed

  Oct. 20133,983 words Report 1350LHistorically, melanistic fox squirrels have been found in Council Bluffs, Iowa, and along the Missouri River in Eastern Omaha, Nebraska. However, recent anecdotal observations suggest that the melanistic trait in fox...

• Ontogenetic melanism in three populations of red-eared slider turtles (Trachemys scripta) in Oklahoma

  Authors:Kimberly A. Hays and Karen McBeeFrom:Southwestern Naturalist (Vol. 54, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Mar. 20091,975 words Report 1350LWe compared incidence and average size of melanistic, adult male Trachemys scripta among three populations in Oklahoma. Proportion and size of melanistic males differed among two uncontaminated sites and one site...

• Geographic variation of melanisation patterns in a hornet species: genetic differences, climatic pressures or aposematic constraints?

  Authors:Adrien Perrard, Mariangela Arca, Quentin Rome, Franck Muller, Jiangli Tan, Sanjaya Bista, et al.From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 9, Issue 4) Peer-Reviewed

  Apr. 201410,268 words Report 1420LColoration of stinging insects is often based on contrasted patterns of light and black pigmentations as a warning signal to predators. However, in many social wasp species, geographic variation drastically modifies...