Vertebrate pigmentation: from underlying genes to adaptive function

Trends in Genetics

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 231-239

  Hubbard, Joanna K ^a   Uy, J Albert C ^b   Hauber, Mark E ^c   Hoekstra, Hopi E ^d   Safran, Rebecca J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGOUTI PROTEIN; MELANIN; MELANOCORTIN 1 RECEPTOR; OCA2 PROTEIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN; STEM CELL FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX7; TYROSINASE RELATED PROTEIN 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

COLOR VISION; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC CROSS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PIGMENTATION; PLEIOTROPY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VERTEBRATE; ANIMAL; EVOLUTION; GENETICS;

ANIMALIA; MUS; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMALS; COLOR PERCEPTION; EVOLUTION; PIGMENTATION;

EID: 77951931078     PISSN: 01689525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tig.2010.02.002     Document Type: Review

References (97)

1. Barrett R.D.H., et al. Natural selection on a major armor gene in threespine stickleback. Science 2008, 322:255-257.
2. Linnen C.R., et al. On the origin and spread of an adaptive allele in deer mice. Science 2009, 325:1095-1098.
3. Silvers W.K. The coat colors of mice: a model for mammalian gene action and interaction 1979, Springer-Verlag.
4. Hoekstra H.E. Genetics, development and evolution of adaptive pigmentation in vertebrates. Heredity 2006, 97:222-234.
5. Mundy N.I. A window on the genetics of evolution: MC1R and plumage colouration in birds. Proc. Biol. Sci. 2005, 272:1633-1640.
6. Protas M.E., Patel N.H. Evolution of coloration patterns. Annu. Rev. Cell Dev. Biol. 2008, 24:425-446.
7. Roulin A. The evolution, maintenance and adaptive function of genetic colour polymorphism in birds. Biological Reviews 2004, 79:815-848.
8. Anderson T.M., et al. Molecular and evolutionary history of melanism in North American gray wolves. Science 2009, 323:1339-1343.
9. Doucet S.M., et al. Concordant evolution of plumage colour, feather microstructure and a melanocortin receptor gene between mainland and island populations of a fairy-wren. Proc. Biol. Sci. 2004, 271:1663-1670.
10. Hoekstra H.E., et al. Ecological genetics of adaptive color polymorphism in pocket mice: geographic variation in selected and neutral genes. Evolution 2004, 58:1329-1341.
11. Mundy N.I., et al. Conserved genetic basis of a quantitative plumage trait involved in mate choice. Science 2004, 303:1870-1873.
12. Steiner, C.C. et al. (2007) Adaptive variation in beach mice produced by two interacting pigmentation genes. PLoS Biology 5, e219: (). http://www.plosbiology.org/.
13. Theron E., et al. The molecular basis of an avian plumage polymorphism in the wild: a melanocortin-1-receptor point mutation is perfectly associated with the melanic plumage morph of the bananaquit, Coereba flaveola. Curr. Biol. 2001, 11:550-557.
14. Uy J.A.C., et al. Difference in plumage color used in species recognition between incipient species is linked to a single amino acid substitution in the melanocortin-1 receptor. Am. Nat. 2009, 174:244-254.
15. Amundsen T., Pärn H. Female coloration: review of functional and nonfunctional hypotheses. Bird Coloration: Function and Evolution 2006, 280-345. Harvard University Press. G.E. Hill, K.J. McGraw (Eds.).
16. Hill G.E. Female mate choice for ornamental coloration. Bird Coloration: Function and Evolution 2006, 137-200. Harvard University Press. G.E. Hill, K.J. McGraw (Eds.).
17. Senar J.C. Color displays as intrasexual signals of aggression and dominance. Bird Coloration: Function and Evolution 2006, 87-136. Harvard University Press. G.E. Hill, K.J. McGraw (Eds.).
18. Safran R.J., McGraw K.J. Plumage coloration, not length or symmetry of tail-streamers, is a sexually selected trait in North American barn swallows. Behavioral Ecology 2004, 15:455-461.
19. Slagsvold T., et al. Predation favours cryptic coloration in breeding male pied flycatchers. Animal Behaviour 1995, 50:1109-1121.
20. Nachman M.W., et al. The genetic basis of adaptive melanism in pocket mice. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 2003, 100:5268-5273.
21. Steiner C.C., et al. The genetic basis of phenotypic convergence in beach mice: similar pigment patterns but different genes. Mol. Biol. Evol. 2009, 26:35-45.
22. McGraw K.J. Mechanisms of carotenoid-based coloration. Bird Coloration: Mechanisms and Measurements 2006, Harvard University Press. G.E. Hill, K.J. McGraw (Eds.).
23. McGraw K.J. Mechanisms of melanin-based coloration. Bird Coloration: Mechanisms and Measurements 2006, 243-294. Harvard University Press. G.E. Hill, K.J. McGraw (Eds.).
24. Goldstein G., et al. Bacterial degradation of black and white feathers. The Auk 2004, 121:656-659.
25. Rosenblum E.B., et al. Adaptive reptile color variation and the evolution of the Mc1r gene. Evolution 2004, 58:1794-1808.
26. Gross, J.B. et al. (2009) A novel role for Mc1r in the parallel evolution of depigmentation in independent populations of the cavefish Astyanax mexicanus. PLoS Genetics 5, e1000326: (). http://www.plosgenetics.org/.
27. Kingsley, E.P. et al. (2009) Melanism in Peromyscus is caused by independent mutation in Agouti. PLoS One 4, e6435: (). http://www.plosone.org/.
28. Hoekstra H.E., et al. A single amino acid mutation contributes to adaptive beach mouse color pattern. Science 2006, 313:101-104.
29. Prum R.O. Anatomy, physics, and evolution of structural colors. Bird Coloration: Mechanisms and Measurements 2006, Harvard University Press. G.E. Hill, K.J. McGraw (Eds.).
30. Seehausen O., et al. Speciation through sensory drive in cichlid fish. Nature 2008, 455:620-626.
31. Mountjoy K.G., et al. The cloning of a family of genes that encode the melanocortin receptros. Science 1992, 257:1248-1251.
32. McGraw K.J., et al. European barn swallows use melanin pigments to color their feathers brown. Behavioral Ecology 2004, 15:889-891.
33. McGraw K.J., et al. How feather colour reflects its melanin content. Functional Ecology 2005, 19:816-821.
34. Mills, M. and Patterson, L. (2009) Not just black and white: pigment pattern development and evolution in vertebrates. Semin. Cell Dev. Biol. 20, 72-81.
35. Cheviron Z.A., et al. Sequence variation in the coding region of the melanocortin-1 receptor gene (MC1R) is not associated with plumage variation in the blue-crowned manakin (Lepidothrix coronata). Proc. Biol. Sci. 2006, 273:1613-1618.
36. Römpler H., et al. Nuclear gene indicates coat-color polymorphism in mammoths. Science 2006, 313:62.
37. Rosenblum E.B., et al. Molecular and functional basis of phenotypic convergence in white lizards at White Sands. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 2010, 107:2113-2117.
38. Lalueza-Fox C., et al. A melanocortin 1 receptor allele suggests varying pigmentation among Neanderthals. Science 2007, 318:1453-1455.
39. Fang M., et al. Contrasting mode of evolution at a coat color locus in wild and domestic pigs. PLoS Genetics 2009, 5:e1000341.
40. Mundy N.I., Kelly J. Investigation of the role of the agouti signaling protein gene (ASIP) in coat color evolution in primates. Mamm. Genome 2006, 17:1205-1213.
41. Nadeau N., et al. Characterization of Japanese quail yellow as a genomic deletion upstream of the avian homolog of the mammalian ASIP (agouti) gene. Genetics 2008, 178:777-786.
42. Våge D.I., et al. A non-epistatic interaction of agouti and extension in the fox, Vulpes vulpes. Nat. Genet. 1997, 15:311-315.
43. Klovins J., Schiöth H.B. Agouti-related proteins (AGRPs) and agouti-signaling peptide (ASIP) in fish and chicken. Ann. N Y Acad. Sci. 2005, 1040:363-367.
44. Ludwig A., et al. Coat color variation at the beginning of horse domestication. Science 2009, 324:485.
45. Eizirik E., et al. Molecular genetics and evolution of melanism in the cat family. Curr. Biol. 2003, 13:448-453.
46. Cerdá-Reverter J.M., et al. Gene structure of the goldfish agouti-signaling protein: a putative role in the dorsal-ventral pigment pattern of fish. Endocrinology 2005, 146:1597-1610.
47. Fan W., et al. Role of melanocortinergic neurons in feeding and the agouti obesity syndrome. Nature 1997, 385:165-168.
48. Minvielle F., et al. Effects of the dominant lethal yellow mutation on reproduction, gorwth, feed consuption, body temperature, and body compositionin Japanese quail. Poult. Sci. 2007, 86:1646-1650.
49. Jackson I.J. Homologous pigmentation mutations in human, mouse and other model organisms. Hum. Mol. Genet. 1997, 6:1613-1624.
50. Jackson P.J., et al. Structural and molecular evolutionary analysis of Agouti and Agouti-related proteins. Chem. Biol. 2006, 13:1297-1305.
51. Ollmann, M.M. et al. (1998) Interaction of Agouti protein with the melanocortin 1 receptor in vitro and in vivo. Genes Devel. 12, 316-330.
52. Zdarsky E., et al. The molecular basis of brown, an old mouse mutation, and of an induced revertant to wild type. Genetics 1990, 126:443-449.
53. Gratten J., et al. Compelling evidence that a single nucleotide substitution in TYRP1 is responsible for coat-colour polymorphism in a free-living population of Soay sheep. Proc. Biol. Sci. 2007, 274:619-626.
54. Kwon B.S., et al. Isolation, chromosomal mapping, and expression of the mouse tyrosinase gene. J. Invest. Dermatol. 1989, 93:589-594.
55. Protas M.E., et al. Genetic analysis of cavefish reveals molecular convergence in the evolution of albinism. Nat. Genet. 2006, 38:107-111.
56. Sturm R.A., Frudakis T.N. Eye colour: portals into pigmentation genes and ancestry. Trends Genet. 2004, 20:327-332.
57. Roberts R.B., et al. Sexual conflict resolved by invasion of a novel sex determiner in Lake Malawi cichlid fishes. Science 2009, 326:998-1001.
58. Miller C.T., et al. cis-regulatory changes in Kit Ligand expression and parallel evolution of pigmentation in sticklebacks and humans. Cell 2007, 131:1179-1189.
59. Wehrle-Haller B. The role of Kit-ligand in melanocyte development and epidermal homeostasis. Pigment Cell Res. 2003, 16:287-296.
60. Lamason R.L., et al. SLC24A5, a putative cation exchanger, affects pigmentation in zebrafish and humans. Science 2005, 310:1782-1786.
61. Eriksson, J. et al. (2008) Identification of the yellow skin gene reveals a hybrid origin of the domestic chicken. PLoS Genetics 4, e1000010: (). http://www.plosgenetics.org/.
62. McGraw K.J. Mechanics of uncommon colors: pterins, porphyrins, and psittacofulvins. Bird Coloration: Mechanisms and Measurements 2006, 354-398. Harvard University Press. G.E. Hill, K.J. McGraw (Eds.).
63. Steffen J.E., McGraw K.J. Contributions of pterin and carotenoid pigments to dewlap coloration in two anole species. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. B Biochem. Mol. Biol. 2007, 146:42-46.
64. Hill G.E. Plumage coloration is a sexually selected indicator of male quality. Nature 1991, 350:337-339.
65. Hughes K.A., et al. Genetic and environmental effects on secondary sex traits in guppies (Poecilia reticulata). Journal of Evolutionary Biology 2005, 18:35-45.
66. Hadfield J.D., Owens I.P.F. Strong environmental determination of a carotenoid-based plumage trait is not mediated by carotenoid availability. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 2006, 19:1104-1114.
67. Siefferman L., Hill G.E. Evidence for sexual selection on structural plumage coloration in female eastern bluebirds (Sialia sialis). Evolution 2005, 59:1819-1828.
68. Basolo A.L. Genetic linkage and color polymorphism in the southern platyfish (Xiphophorus maculatus): a model system for studies of color pattern evolution. Zebrafish 2006, 3:65-83.
69. Kelsh R.N. Genetics and evolution of pigment patterns in fish. Pigment Cell Res. 2004, 17:326-336.
70. Prum R.O., et al. Development of colour-producing β-keratin nanostructures in avian feather barbs. J. R. Soc. Interface 2009, 6:S253-S265.
71. Hoekstra H.E., Nachman M.W. Different genes underlie adaptive melanism in different populations of rock pocket mice. Mol. Ecol. 2003, 12:1185-1194.
72. Endler J.A. Variation in the appearance of guppy color patterns to guppies and their predators under different visual conditions. Vision Res. 1991, 31:587-608.
73. Grant B.R. Selection on bill characters in a population of Darwin's finches: Geospiza conirostris on Isla Genovesa, Galápagos. Evolution 1985, 39:523-532.
74. Haldane J.B.S. A mathematical theory of artificial and natural selection. Part VI. Isolation. Proc. Camb. Phil. Soc. 1930, 26:220-230.
75. Jensen J.D., et al. Approaches for identifying targets of positive selection. Trends Genet. 2007, 23:568-577.
76. Nielsen R. Molecular signatures of natural selection. Annu. Rev. Genet. 2005, 39:197-218.
77. Biswas S., Akey J.M. Genomic insights into positive selection. Trends Genet. 2006, 22:437-446.
78. Kim Y., Stephan W. Detecting a local signature of genetic hitchhiking along a recombining chromosome. Genetics 2002, 160:765-777.
79. Meiklejohn C.D., et al. Identification of a locus under complex positive selection in Drosophila simulans by haplotype mapping and composite-likelihood estimation. Genetics 2004, 168:265-279.
80. Cuthill I.C., et al. Plumage reflectance and the objective assessment of avian sexual dichromatism. Am. Nat. 1999, 160:183-200.
81. Cassey P., et al. Are avian eggshell colours effective intraspecific communication signals in the Muscicapoidea? A perceptual modelling approach. Ibis 2009, 151:689-698.
82. Endler J.A., et al. Animal visual systems and the evolution of color patterns: sensory processing illuminates signal evolution. Evolution 2005, 59:1795-1818.
83. Osorio D., Vorobyev M. A review of the evolution of animal colour vision and visual communication signals. Vision Res. 2008, 48:2042-2051.
84. Shi Y., Yokoyama S. Molecular analysis of the evolutionary significance of ultraviolet vision in vertebrates. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 2003, 100:8308-8313.
85. Ödeen A., et al. Assessing the use of genomic DNA as a predictor of the maximum absorbance wavelength of avian SWS1 opsin visual pigments. J. Comp. Physiol. A Neuroethol. Sens. Neural. Behav. Physiol. 2009, 195:167-173.
86. Göth A., Evans C.S. Social responses without early experience: Australian brush-turkey chicks use specific visual cues to aggregate with conspecifics. J. Exp. Biol. 2004, 207:2199-2208.
87. Mancuso K., et al. Gene therapy for red-green colour blindness in adult primates. Nature 2009, 461:784-787.
88. Endler J.A., Thery M. Interacting effects of lek placement, display behavior, ambient light, and color patterns in three neotropical forest-dwelling birds. Am. Nat. 1996, 148:421-452.
89. Heinsohn R. The ecological basis of unusual sex roles in reverse-dichromatic eclectus parrots. Animal Behaviour 2008, 76:97-103.
90. Heinsohn R., et al. Extreme reversed sexual dichromatism in a bird without sex role reversal. Science 2005, 309:617-619.
91. Endler J.A. The color of light in forests and its implications. Ecological Monographs 1993, 63:1-27.
92. Gosler A.G., et al. Inheritance and variation in eggshell patterning in the great tit Parus major. Proc. Biol. Sci. 2000, 267:2469-2473.
93. Gosler A., et al. Why are birds' eggs speckled?. Ecology Letters 2005, 8:1105-1113.
94. Safran R.J., et al. Sexual signal exaggeration affects physiological state in male barn swallows. Curr. Biol. 2008, 18:R461-R462.
95. Rubenstein D.R., Hauber M.E. Dynamic feedback between phenotype and physiology in sexually selected traits. Trends Ecol. Evol. 2008, 23:655-658.
96. Ritland K., et al. Inheritance and population structure of the white-phased " Kermode" black bear. Curr. Biol. 2001, 11:1468-1472.
97. Sturm R.A. Molecular genetics of human pigmentation diversity. Hum. Mol. Genet. 2009, 18:R9-R17.