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Function and Underlying Mechanisms of Seasonal Color Molting in Mammals and Birds: What Keeps Them Changing in a Warming World?

research Function and underlying mechanisms of seasonal colour moulting in mammals and birds: what keeps them changing in a warming world?

113 citations , March 2018 in “Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society”

Animals that change color with the seasons mainly do so in response to daylight changes, but climate change is causing camouflage problems that may require evolutionary changes.

The Transcriptional Landscape of Seasonal Coat Color Moult in the Snowshoe Hare

research The transcriptional landscape of seasonal coat colour moult in the snowshoe hare

28 citations , May 2017 in “Molecular ecology”

Researchers found genes that control hair color and growth change before the visible coat color changes in snowshoe hares.

research Pelage and molt in the black-tailed deer (Odocoileus hemionus (Rafinesque))

25 citations , May 1972 in “Canadian journal of zoology”

Black-tailed deer have four types of pelages and molt twice a year.

research Transcriptomic regulation of seasonal coat color change in hares

18 citations , January 2020 in “Ecology and evolution”

Genes related to pigmentation, body rhythms, and behavior change during hares' seasonal coat color transition, with a common genetic mechanism in two hare species.