Coloration is an easily quantifiable visual trait that has proven to be a highly tractable system
for genetic analysis and for studying adaptive evolution. The application of genomic …

Here, I suggest that colour polymorphic study systems have been underutilized to answer
general questions about evolutionary processes, such as morph frequency dynamics …

Genetic colour polymorphisms are widespread across animals and often subjected to
complex selection regimes. Traditionally, colour morphs were used as simple visual markers …

There is an amazing amount of diversity in coloration patterns in nature. The ease of
observing this diversity and the recent application of genetic and molecular techniques to …

Colour polymorphisms (CP's) continue to be of interest to evolutionary biologists because of
their general tractability, importance in studies of selection and potential role in speciation …

When a population comes to occupy a new environment, phenotypically plastic responses
alter the distribution of phenotypes, and hence affect both the direction and the intensity of …

Animal coloration is a powerful model for studying the genetic mechanisms that determine
phenotype. Genetic crosses of laboratory mice have provided extensive information about …

Convergence—the independent evolution of the same trait by two or more taxa—has long
been of interest to evolutionary biologists, but only recently has the molecular basis of …

Vertebrate pigmentation patterns are amongst the best characterised model systems for
studying the genetic basis of adaptive evolution. The wealth of available data on the genetic …

Here, we review the recently burgeoning literature on color polymorphisms, seeking to
integrate studies of the maintenance of genetic variation and the evolution of reproductive …