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Ecol Evol. 2020 Jan 15;10(3):1180-1192. doi: 10.1002/ece3.5956. eCollection 2020 Feb.

Transcriptomic regulation of seasonal coat color change in hares.

Ecology and evolution

Mafalda S Ferreira, Paulo C Alves, Colin M Callahan, Iwona Giska, Liliana Farelo, Hannes Jenny, L Scott Mills, Klaus Hackländer, Jeffrey M Good, José Melo-Ferreira

Affiliations

  1. CIBIO Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos InBIO Laboratório Associado Universidade do Porto Vairão Portugal.
  2. Departamento de Biologia Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto Porto Portugal.
  3. Wildlife Biology Program University of Montana Missoula MT USA.
  4. Division of Biological Sciences University of Montana Missoula MT USA.
  5. Amt für Jagd und Fischerei Graubünden Chur Switzerland.
  6. Office of Research and Creative Scholarship University of Montana Missoula MT USA.
  7. Institute of Wildlife Biology and Game Management BOKU-University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna Austria.

PMID: 32076506 PMCID: PMC7029059 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.5956

Abstract

Color molts from summer brown to winter white coats have evolved in several species to maintain camouflage year-round in environments with seasonal snow. Despite the eco-evolutionary relevance of this key phenological adaptation, its molecular regulation has only recently begun to be addressed. Here, we analyze skin transcription changes during the autumn molt of the mountain hare (

© 2020 The Authors. Ecology and Evolution published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

Keywords: developmental timeline; gene expression; molt cycle; seasonal coat color change; transcriptomics

Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflict of interests.

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