Ancient homology underlies adaptive mimetic diversity across butterflies.
Nature Communications
Gallant, Jason R JR; Imhoff, Vance E VE; Martin, Arnaud A; Savage, Wesley K WK; Chamberlain, Nicola L NL; Pote, Ben L BL; Peterson, Chelsea C; Smith, Gabriella E GE; Evans, Benjamin B; Reed, Robert D RD; Kronforst, Marcus R MR; Mullen, Sean P SP
A composite six bp in-frame deletion in the melanocortin 1 receptor (MC1R) gene is associated with the Japanese brindling coat colour in rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus).