Evo-devo of shell colour in gastropods and bivalves.

Autor: Saenko SV; Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Darwinweg 2, 2333CR Leiden, The Netherlands; Institute of Biology Leiden, Leiden University, Sylviusweg 72, 2333BE Leiden, The Netherlands., Schilthuizen M; Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Darwinweg 2, 2333CR Leiden, The Netherlands; Institute of Biology Leiden, Leiden University, Sylviusweg 72, 2333BE Leiden, The Netherlands. Electronic address: menno.schilthuizen@naturalis.nl.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Current opinion in genetics & development [Curr Opin Genet Dev] 2021 Aug; Vol. 69, pp. 1-5. Date of Electronic Publication: 2020 Dec 31.
DOI: 10.1016/j.gde.2020.11.009
Abstrakt: Recent technical innovations are revealing surprising patterns in mollusc shell pigmentation, such as an unexpectedly modest role for melanins and rapid divergences in the mix of pigments used to achieve similar colour patterns. The elucidation of the molecular genetic basis of shell pigmentation has been slow, probably because of the high genome complexity of gastropods and bivalves. Recent work within the old field of evolutionary ecology of shell pigmentation allows a greater role for the analysis of large-geographic-scale patterns (sometimes employing citizen-science data), as well as experimental field studies. However, the field remains dominated by land snails as model organisms, while colour pattern evolution in marine gastropods and bivalves, particularly those not exposed to visual predators, remains mysterious.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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