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Recurrent evolution of melanism in South American felids. / Schneider, A.; Henegar, C.; Day, K.; Absher, D.; Napolitano, C.; Silveira, L.; David, V.A.; O'Brien, S.J.; Menotti-Raymond, M.; Barsh, G.S.; Eizirik, E.
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T1 - Recurrent evolution of melanism in South American felids
AU - Schneider, A.
AU - Henegar, C.
AU - Day, K.
AU - Absher, D.
AU - Napolitano, C.
AU - Silveira, L.
AU - David, V.A.
AU - O'Brien, S.J.
AU - Menotti-Raymond, M.
AU - Barsh, G.S.
AU - Eizirik, E.
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - Morphological variation in natural populations is a genomic test bed for studying the interface between molecular evolution and population genetics, but some of the most interesting questions involve non-model organisms that lack well annotated reference genomes. Many felid species exhibit polymorphism for melanism but the relative roles played by genetic drift, natural selection, and interspecies hybridization remain uncertain. We identify mutations of Agouti signaling protein (ASIP) or the Melanocortin 1 receptor (MC1R) as independent causes of melanism in three closely related South American species: the pampas cat (Leopardus colocolo), the kodkod (Leopardus guigna), and Geoffroy's cat (Leopardus geoffroyi). To assess population level variation in the regions surrounding the causative mutations we apply genomic resources from the domestic cat to carry out clone-based capture and targeted resequencing of 299 kb and 251 kb segments that contain ASIP and MC1R, respectively, from 54 individuals (13-21 per spec
AB - Morphological variation in natural populations is a genomic test bed for studying the interface between molecular evolution and population genetics, but some of the most interesting questions involve non-model organisms that lack well annotated reference genomes. Many felid species exhibit polymorphism for melanism but the relative roles played by genetic drift, natural selection, and interspecies hybridization remain uncertain. We identify mutations of Agouti signaling protein (ASIP) or the Melanocortin 1 receptor (MC1R) as independent causes of melanism in three closely related South American species: the pampas cat (Leopardus colocolo), the kodkod (Leopardus guigna), and Geoffroy's cat (Leopardus geoffroyi). To assess population level variation in the regions surrounding the causative mutations we apply genomic resources from the domestic cat to carry out clone-based capture and targeted resequencing of 299 kb and 251 kb segments that contain ASIP and MC1R, respectively, from 54 individuals (13-21 per spec
U2 - 10.1371/journal.pgen.1004892
DO - 10.1371/journal.pgen.1004892
M3 - Article
SP - e1004892-
JO - PLoS Genetics
JF - PLoS Genetics
SN - 1553-7390
IS - 2
ER -
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