Evolutionary BiologybioRxiv
A role for differential gene regulation in the rapid diversification of melanic plumage coloration in the dark-eyed junco (Junco hyemalis)
M. Abolins-Abols, E. Kornobis, P. Ribeca…·B. Mila
The paper investigates the genetic basis of plumage color differences between two junco subspecies, finding that differential gene regulation, not sequence variation, drives color variation.
DOI 10.1111/mec.14878