Red carotenoids and associated gene expression explain colour variation in frillneck lizards

Regulatory changes in pterin and carotenoid genes underlie balanced color polymorphisms in the wall lizard

(2019) Pedro Andrade et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Do carotenoid-based ornaments entail resource trade-offs? An evaluation of theory and data

(2018) Rebecca E. Koch et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Expression of a carotenoid-modifying gene and evolution of red coloration in weaverbirds (Ploceidae)

(2018) Hanlu Twyman et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

No evidence that carotenoid pigments boost either immune or antioxidant defenses in a songbird

(2018) Rebecca E. Koch et al.   Nature Communications

Carotenoid metabolism strengthens the link between feather coloration and individual quality

(2018) Ryan J. Weaver et al.   Nature Communications

Revealing the Biochemical and Genetic Basis of Color Variation in a Polymorphic Lizard

(2017) Claire A. McLean et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Structural- and carotenoid-based throat colour patches in males of Lacerta schreiberi reflect different parasitic diseases

(2016) Megía-Palma Rodrigo et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

Genetic Basis for Red Coloration in Birds

(2016) Ricardo J. Lopes et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Red Carotenoid Coloration in the Zebra Finch Is Controlled by a Cytochrome P450 Gene Cluster

(2016) Nicholas I. Mundy et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Seeing red to being red: conserved genetic mechanism for red cone oil droplets and co-option for red coloration in birds and turtles

(2016) Hanlu Twyman et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Specific carotenoid pigments in the diet and a bit of oxidative stress in the recipe for producing red carotenoid-based signals

(2016) Esther García-de Blas et al.   PeerJ

A Batesian mimic and its model share color production mechanisms

(2016) David W. Kikuchi et al.   Current Zoology

BUSCO: assessing genome assembly and annotation completeness with single-copy orthologs

(2015) Felipe A. Simão et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

Proximate mechanisms of colour variation in the frillneck lizard: geographical differences in pigment contents of an ornament

(2015) Thomas Merkling et al.   BIOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

The Cellular Basis of Polymorphic Coloration in Common Side-Blotched Lizards,Uta stansburiana

(2015) David C. Haisten et al.   HERPETOLOGICA

High Concentrations of Ketocarotenoids in Hepatic Mitochondria of Haemorhous mexicanus

(2015) Zhiyuan Ge et al.   PHYSIOLOGICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL ZOOLOGY

High-coverage sequencing and annotated assembly of the genome of the Australian dragon lizard Pogona vitticeps

(2015) Arthur Georges et al.   GigaScience

Pleiotropy in the melanocortin system: expression levels of this system are associated with melanogenesis and pigmentation in the tawny owl (Strix aluco)

(2013) Guillaume Emaresi et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

De novo transcript sequence reconstruction from RNA-seq using the Trinity platform for reference generation and analysis

(2013) Brian J Haas et al.   Nature Protocols

Gene Expression Analysis of Zebrafish Melanocytes, Iridophores, and Retinal Pigmented Epithelium Reveals Indicators of Biological Function and Developmental Origin

(2013) Charles W. Higdon et al.   PLoS One

Genetics of colouration in birds

(2013) Alexandre Roulin et al.   SEMINARS IN CELL & DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

The Vitamin A–Redox Hypothesis: A Biochemical Basis for Honest Signaling via Carotenoid Pigmentation

(2012) Geoffrey E. Hill et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

The role of carotenoids and their derivatives in mediating interactions between insects and their environment

(2012) Jeremy J. Heath et al.   Arthropod-Plant Interactions

Dietary lipids reduce the expression of carotenoid-based coloration in Lacerta vivipara

(2012) Luis M. San-Jose et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Molecular Characterization of Two Endothelin Pathways in East African Cichlid Fishes

(2012) Eveline T. Diepeveen et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR EVOLUTION

Fast gapped-read alignment with Bowtie 2

(2012) Ben Langmead et al.   NATURE METHODS

Oxidative stress and condition-dependent sexual signals: more than just seeing red

(2012) M. Garratt et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Carotenoid-based signals in behavioural ecology: a review

(2011) Svensson et al.   BEHAVIOUR

RSEM: accurate transcript quantification from RNA-Seq data with or without a reference genome

(2011) Bo Li et al.   BMC BIOINFORMATICS

Pteridine, not carotenoid, pigments underlie the female-specific orange ornament of striped plateau lizards (Sceloporus virgatus)

(2011) S.L. Weiss et al.   COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY B-BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Carotenoid Access, Nutritional Stress, and the Dewlap Color of Male Brown Anoles

(2011) John E. Steffen et al.   COPEIA

Full-length transcriptome assembly from RNA-Seq data without a reference genome

(2011) Manfred G Grabherr et al.   NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGY

Candidate genes for carotenoid coloration in vertebrates and their expression profiles in the carotenoid-containing plumage and bill of a wild bird

(2011) N. Walsh et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Colors with Functions: Elucidating the Biochemical and Molecular Basis of Carotenoid Metabolism

(2010) Johannes von Lintig   Annual Review of Nutrition

edgeR: a Bioconductor package for differential expression analysis of digital gene expression data

(2009) M. D. Robinson et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

How dewlap color reflects its carotenoid and pterin content in male and female brown anoles (Norops sagrei)

(2009) John E. Steffen et al.   COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY B-BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Sex steroid correlates of female-specific colouration, behaviour and reproductive state in Lake Eyre dragon lizards, Ctenophorus maculosus

(2009) Tim S. Jessop et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY A-NEUROETHOLOGY SENSORY NEURAL AND BEHAVIORAL PHYSIOLOGY

The liver but not the skin is the site for conversion of a red carotenoid in a passerine bird

(2009) Esther del Val et al.   NATURWISSENSCHAFTEN

Carotenoid-Based Colours Reflect the Stress Response in the Common Lizard

(2009) Patrick S. Fitze et al.   PLoS One

Carotenoid intake does not mediate a relationship between reactive oxygen species and bright colouration: experimental test in a lizard

(2008) M. Olsson et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

High-throughput functional annotation and data mining with the Blast2GO suite

(2008) S. Gotz et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH