Melanin-based colour polymorphism responding to climate change

Global Change Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 3344-3350

  Roulin, Alexandre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Climate change; Colour polymorphism; Melanin; Melanocortin; Phenoloxidase; Pleiotropy

Indexed keywords

MELANIN;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; COLOR; EVOLUTION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; METABOLISM; PIGMENTATION;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CLIMATE CHANGE; COLOR; GLOBAL WARMING; MELANINS; PIGMENTATION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

EID: 84907870435     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.12594     Document Type: Review

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