Evolutionary BiologybioRxiv
Seeing spots: Quantifying mother-offspring similarity and assessing fitness consequences of coat pattern traits in a wild population of giraffes (Giraffa camelopardalis)
D. E. Lee, D. R. Cavener, M. L. Bond
The paper quantifies heritability of giraffe coat spot patterns and assesses their fitness consequences in a wild population, finding heritability but no significant survival impact on juveniles.
DOI 10.7717/peerj.5690