Genetic and environmental drivers of colour and pattern in the Australian jacky dragon (Amphibolurus muricatus).

ABSTRACT: The underlying drivers of variation in the colouration (colour and pattern) of animals can be genetic, non-genetic, or more likely, a combination of both. Understanding the role of heritable genetic elements, as well as non-genetic factors such as age, habitat or temperature, in shaping colouration can provide insight into the evolution and function of these traits, as well as the speed of response to changing environments. This project examined the genetic and non-genetic drivers of continuous variation in colouration in a lizard, the jacky dragon (Amphibolurus muricatus). We leveraged a large captive experiment that manipulated parental and offspring thermal environment to simultaneously estimate the genetic and non-genetic drivers of variation in colouration. We found that the overall b

SUBMITTER: Raynal RS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9544122 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature