Amelanism in the corn snake is associated with the insertion of an LTR-retrotransposon in the OCA2 gene - Nature.com

  • Kuriyama, T., Miyaji, K., Sugimoto, M. & Hasegawa, M. Ultrastructure of the dermal chromatophores in a lizard (Scincidae: Plestiodon latiscutatus) with conspicuous body and tail coloration. Zoological science 23, 793–799 (2006).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Steffen, J. E. & McGraw, K. J. How dewlap color reflects its carotenoid and pterin content in male and female brown anoles (Norops sagrei). Comp Biochem Phys B 154, 334–340 (2009).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Kronforst, M. R. et al. Unraveling the thread of nature's tapestry: the genetics of diversity and convergence in animal pigmentation. Pigment cell & melanoma research 25, 411–433 (2012).

    CAS  Article  Google Scholar 

  • Saenko, S. V., Teyssier, J., Van der Marel, D. & Milinkovitch, M. C. Precise colocalization of interacting structural and pigmentary elements generates extensive color pattern variation in Phelsuma lizards. BMC biology 11, 105 (2013).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • San-Jose, L. M., Granado-Lorencio, F., Sinervo, B. & Fitze, P. S. Iridophores and not carotenoids account for chromatic variation of carotenoid-based coloration in common lizards (Lacerta vivipara). The American naturalist 181, 396–409 (2013).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Spinner, M., Kovalev, A., Gorb, S. N. & Westhoff, G. Snake velvet black: hierarchical micro- and nanostructure enhances dark colouration in Bitis rhinoceros. Scientific reports 3, 1846 (2013).

    ADS  Article  Google Scholar 

  • Teyssier, J., Saenko, S. V., Van der Marel, D. & Milinkovitch, M. C. Photonic crystals cause active colour change in chameleons. Nat Commun 6, 6368 (2015).

    CAS  ADS  Article  Google Scholar 

  • Cooper, W. & Greenberg, N. In Biology of the Reptilia (eds C. Gans & D. E. Crews ) 298–422 (Chicago University Press, 1992).

  • Vercken, E., Massot, M., Sinervo, B. & Clobert, J. Colour variation and alternative reproductive strategies in females of the common lizard Lacerta vivipara. J Evol Biol 20, 221–232 (2007).

    CAS  Article  Google Scholar 

  • Olsson, M., Stuart-Fox, D. & Ballen, C. Genetics and evolution of colour patterns in reptiles. Seminars in cell & developmental biology 24, 529–541 (2013).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Grbic, D. et al. Phylogeography and support vector machine classification of colour variation in panther chameleons. Molecular ecology 24, 3455–3466 (2015).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Milinkovitch, M. C. & Tzika, A. Escaping the mouse trap: the selection of new Evo-Devo model species. Journal of experimental zoology. Part B 308, 337–346 (2007).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Tzika, A. & Milinkovitch, M. C. In Evolving Pathways; Key Themes in Evolutionary Developmental Biology (eds A. Minelli & G. Fusco ) Ch. 7, 119–140 (Cambridge University Press, 2008).

    Google Scholar 

  • Di-Poi, N. et al. Changes in Hox genes' structure and function during the evolution of the squamate body plan. Nature 464, 99–103 (2010).

    CAS  ADS  Article  Google Scholar 

  • Ullate-Agote, A., Milinkovitch, M. C. & Tzika, A. The genome sequence of the corn snake (Pantherophis guttatus), a valuable resource for EvoDevo studies in squamates. Int. J. Dev. Biol. 58, 881–888 (2014).

    CAS  Article  Google Scholar 

  • Bokony, V., Liker, A., Szekely, T. & Kis, J. Melanin-based plumage coloration and flight displays in plovers and allies. Proc.R.Soc.Lond.B 270, 2491–2497 (2003).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Protas, M. E. et al. Genetic analysis of cavefish reveals molecular convergence in the evolution of albinism. Nature genetics 38, 107–111 (2006).

    CAS  Article  Google Scholar 

  • Vignieri, S. N., Larson, J. G. & Hoekstra, H. E. The selective advantage of crypsis in mice. Evolution 64, 2153–2158 (2010).

    PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Protas, M. E., Trontelj, P. & Patel, N. H. Genetic basis of eye and pigment loss in the cave crustacean, Asellus aquaticus. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 108, 5702–5707 (2011).

    CAS  ADS  Article  Google Scholar 

  • Schneider, A. et al. How the leopard hides its spots: ASIP mutations and melanism in wild cats. PloS one 7, e50386 (2012).

    CAS  ADS  Article  Google Scholar 

  • Cook, L. M. & Saccheri, I. J. The peppered moth and industrial melanism: evolution of a natural selection case study. Heredity 110, 207–212 (2013).

    CAS  Article  Google Scholar 

  • Gross, J. B. & Wilkens, H. Albinism in phylogenetically and geographically distinct populations of Astyanax cavefish arises through the same loss-of-function Oca2 allele. Heredity 111, 122–130 (2013).

    CAS  Article  Google Scholar 

  • Hegna, R. H., Nokelainen, O., Hegna, J. R. & Mappes, J. To quiver or to shiver: increased melanization benefits thermoregulation, but reduces warning signal efficacy in the wood tiger moth. Proc R Soc B 280, 20122812 (2013).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Rosenblum, E. B. Convergent evolution and divergent selection: lizards at the White Sands ecotone. The American naturalist 167, 1–15 (2006).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Farallo, V. R. & Forstner, M. R. Predation and the maintenance of color polymorphism in a habitat specialist squamate. PloS one 7, e30316 (2012).

    CAS  ADS  Article  Google Scholar 

  • Castella, B. et al. Melanism, body condition and elevational distribution in the asp viper. Journal of Zoology 290, 273–280 (2013).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Hensley, M. In Publications of the Museum, Michigan State University Biological series, 136–159 (1959).

  • Bechtel, H. B. & Bechtel, E. Color mutations in the corn snake (Elaphe guttata guttata): review and additional breeding data. The Journal of Heredity 80, 272–276 (1989).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Bechtel, H. & Bechtel, E. Reproduction in captive corn snakes,Elaphe guttata guttata. Copeia 2, 148–149 (1958).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Bechtel, H. B. & Bechtel, E. Heredity of albinism in the corn snake,Elpahe guttata guttata, demonstrated in cpative breedings. Copeia 2, 436–437 (1962).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Park, H. Y., Kosmadaki, M., Yaar, M. & Gilchrest, B. A. Cellular mechanisms regulating human melanogenesis. Cell Mol Life Sci 66, 1493–1506 (2009).

    CAS  Article  Google Scholar 

  • Videira, I. F. D., Moura, D. F. L. & Magina, S. Mechanisms regulating melanogenesis. An Bras Dermatol 88, 76–83 (2013).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Lyon, M. F. et al. Genetic and molecular analysis of recessive alleles at the pink-eyed dilution (p) locus of the mouse. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 89, 6968–6972 (1992).

    CAS  ADS  Article  Google Scholar 

  • Lu, D. et al. Agouti protein is an antagonist of the melanocyte-stimulating-hormone receptor. Nature 371, 799–802 (1994).

    CAS  ADS  Article  Google Scholar 

  • Krude, H. et al. Severe early-onset obesity, adrenal insufficiency and red hair pigmentation caused by POMC mutations in humans. Nature genetics 19, 155–157 (1998).

    CAS  ADS  Article  Google Scholar 

  • Eizirik, E. et al. Molecular genetics and evolution of melanism in the cat family. Curr Biol 13, 448–453 (2003).

    CAS  Article  Google Scholar 

  • Kerns, J. A. et al. Characterization of the dog Agouti gene and a nonagouti mutation in German Shepherd Dogs. Mammalian Genome 15, 798–808 (2004).

    CAS  Article  Google Scholar 

  • Lyons, L. A., Imes, D. L., Rah, H. C. & Grahn, R. A. Tyrosinase mutations associated with Siamese and Burmese patterns in the domestic cat (Felis catus). Animal genetics 36, 119–126 (2005).

    CAS  Article  Google Scholar 

  • Lin, J. Y. & Fisher, D. E. Melanocyte biology and skin pigmentation. Nature 445, 843–850 (2007).

    CAS  ADS  Article  Google Scholar 

  • Guo, X. L. et al. Genetic variation of chicken MC1R gene in different plumage colour populations. British poultry science 51, 734–739 (2010).

    CAS  Article  Google Scholar 

  • Hubbard, J. K., Uy, J. A., Hauber, M. E., Hoekstra, H. E. & Safran, R. J. Vertebrate pigmentation: from underlying genes to adaptive function. Trends Genet 26, 231–239 (2010).

    CAS  Article  Google Scholar 

  • Rosenblum, E. B., Rompler, H., Schoneberg, T. & Hoekstra, H. E. Molecular and functional basis of phenotypic convergence in white lizards at White Sands. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 107, 2113–2117 (2010).

    CAS  ADS  Article  Google Scholar 

  • Buades, J. M. et al. Variability of the mc1r gene in melanic and non-melanic Podarcis lilfordi and Podarcis pityusensis from the Balearic archipelago. PloS one 8, e53088 (2013).

    CAS  ADS  Article  Google Scholar 

  • Cox, C. L., Rabosky, A. R. & Chippindale, P. T. Sequence variation in the Mc1r gene for a group of polymorphic snakes. Gene 513, 282–286 (2013).

    CAS  Article  Google Scholar 

  • Ducrest, A. L. et al. Pro-opiomelanocortin gene and melanin-based colour polymorphism in a reptile. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 111, 160–168 (2014).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Andersson, L. & Georges, M. Domestic-animal genomics: deciphering the genetics of complex traits. Nat Rev Genet 5, 202–212 (2004).

    CAS  Article  Google Scholar 

  • Schneeberger, K. Using next-generation sequencing to isolate mutant genes from forward genetic screens. Nat Rev Genet 15, 662–676 (2014).

    CAS  Article  Google Scholar 

  • Lamichhaney, S. et al. Population-scale sequencing reveals genetic differentiation due to local adaptation in Atlantic herring. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 109, 19345–19350 (2012).

    CAS  ADS  Article  Google Scholar 

  • Alfoldi, J. et al. The genome of the green anole lizard and a comparative analysis with birds and mammals. Nature 477, 587–591 (2011).

    CAS  ADS  Article  Google Scholar 

  • Srikulnath, K. et al. Karyotypic evolution in squamate reptiles: comparative gene mapping revealed highly conserved linkage homology between the butterfly lizard (Leiolepis reevesii rubritaeniata, Agamidae, Lacertilia) and the Japanese four-striped rat snake (Elaphe quadrivirgata, Colubridae, Serpentes). Chromosome research 17, 975–986 (2009).

    CAS  Article  Google Scholar 

  • Sulem, P. et al. Genetic determinants of hair, eye and skin pigmentation in Europeans. Nature genetics 39, 1443–1452 (2007).

    CAS  Article  Google Scholar 

  • Rinchik, E. M. et al. A gene for the mouse pink-eyed dilution locus and for human type II oculocutaneous albinism. Nature 361, 72–76 (1993).

    CAS  ADS  Article  Google Scholar 

  • Morice-Picard, F. et al. High-resolution array-CGH in patients with oculocutaneous albinism identifies new deletions of the TYR, OCA2 and SLC45A2 genes and a complex rearrangement of the OCA2 gene. Pigment cell & melanoma research 27, 59–71 (2014).

    CAS  Article  Google Scholar 

  • Rosemblat, S. et al. Identification of a melanosomal membrane protein encoded by the pink-eyed dilution (type II oculocutaneous albinism) gene. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 91, 12071–12075 (1994).

    CAS  ADS  Article  Google Scholar 

  • Puri, N., Gardner, J. M. & Brilliant, M. H. Aberrant pH of melanosomes in pink-eyed dilution (p) mutant melanocytes. J Invest Dermatol 115, 607–613 (2000).

    CAS  Article  Google Scholar 

  • Brilliant, M. H. The mouse p (pink-eyed dilution) and human P genes, oculocutaneous albinism type 2 (OCA2) and melanosomal pH. Pigment cell research/sponsored by the European Society for Pigment Cell Research and the International Pigment Cell Society 14, 86–93 (2001).

    CAS  Article  Google Scholar 

  • Sitaram, A. et al. Localization to mature melanosomes by virtue of cytoplasmic dileucine motifs is required for human OCA2 function. Molecular biology of the cell 20, 1464–1477 (2009).

    CAS  Article  Google Scholar 

  • Visser, M., Kayser, M., Grosveld, F. & Palstra, R. J. Genetic variation in regulatory DNA elements: the case of OCA2 transcriptional regulation. Pigment cell & melanoma research 27, 169–177 (2014).

    CAS  Article  Google Scholar 

  • Kohany, O., Gentles, A. J., Hankus, L. & Jurka, J. Annotation, submission and screening of repetitive elements in Repbase: RepbaseSubmitter and Censor. BMC bioinformatics 7, 474 (2006).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Kondo, S. & Miura, T. Reaction-diffusion model as a framework for understanding biological pattern formation. Science 329, 1616–1620 (2010).

    CAS  ADS  MathSciNet  Article  Google Scholar 

  • Mahalwar, P., Walderich, B., Singh, A. P. & Nusslein-Volhard, C. Local reorganization of xanthophores fine-tunes and colors the striped pattern of zebrafish. Science 345, 1362–1364 (2014).

    CAS  ADS  Article  Google Scholar 

  • Singh, A. P., Frohnhofer, H. G., Irion, U. & Nusslein-Volhard, C. Fish pigmentation. Response to Comment on "Local reorganization of xanthophores fine-tunes and colors the striped pattern of zebrafish". Science 297 (2015).

  • Singh, A. P. & Nusslein-Volhard, C. Zebrafish Stripes as a Model for Vertebrate Colour Pattern Formation. Current Biology 25, R81–R92 (2015).

    CAS  Article  Google Scholar 

  • Watanabe, M. & Kondo, S. Fish pigmentation. Comment on "Local reorganization of xanthophores fine-tunes and colors the striped pattern of zebrafish". Science 348, 297 (2015).

    CAS  ADS  Article  Google Scholar 

  • Tzika, A. C., Helaers, R., Schramm, G. & Milinkovitch, M. C. Reptilian-transcriptome v1.0, a glimpse in the brain transcriptome of five divergent Sauropsida lineages and the phylogenetic position of turtles. EvoDevo 2, 19 (2011).

    CAS  Article  Google Scholar 

  • Tzika, A. C., Ullate-Agote, A., Grbic, D. & Milinkovitch, M. C. Reptilian Transcriptomes v2.0: An Extensive Resource for Sauropsida Genomics and Transcriptomics. Genome Biol Evol 7, 1827–1841 (2015).

    CAS  Article  Google Scholar 

  • Taylor, J. D. & Hadley, M. E. Chromatophores and color change in the lizard, Anolis carolinensis. Zeitschrift fur Zellforschung und mikroskopische Anatomie 104, 282–294 (1970).

    CAS  Article  Google Scholar 

  • Stuart-Fox, D. & Moussalli, A. Camouflage, communication and thermoregulation: lessons from colour changing organisms. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 364, 463–470 (2009).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Nilsson Skold, H., Aspengren, S. & Wallin, M. Rapid color change in fish and amphibians—function, regulation and emerging applications. Pigment cell & melanoma research 26, 29–38 (2013).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Kondo, S., Iwashita, M. & Yamaguchi, M. How animals get their skin patterns: fish pigment pattern as a live Turing wave. The International journal of developmental biology 53, 851–856 (2009).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Eom, D. S. et al. Melanophore migration and survival during zebrafish adult pigment stripe development require the immunoglobulin superfamily adhesion molecule Igsf11. PLoS Genet 8, e1002899 (2012).

    CAS  Article  Google Scholar 

  • Edgar, R. C. Search and clustering orders of magnitude faster than BLAST. Bioinformatics 26, 2460–2461 (2010).

    CAS  Article  Google Scholar 

  • Li, H. & Durbin, R. Fast and accurate long-read alignment with Burrows-Wheeler transform. Bioinformatics 26, 589–595 (2010).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Garrison, E. & Marth, G. Haplotype-based variant detection from short-read sequencing. arXiv preprint arXiv. 1207.3907 [q-bio.GN] (2012).

  • Comments

    Popular posts from this blog

    The cost to own a dog or cat can be extensive. It's about to get more expensive.

    12 Tips You Need When Cooking With Crab - Tasting Table

    PHOTOS: 20 pets up for adoption now in the Valley