Challenging the concept that eumelanin is the polymorphic brown banded pigment in Cepaea nemoralis
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DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-59185-y
Abstract: The common grove snail Cepaea nemoralis displays a stable pigmentation polymorphism in its shell that has held the attention of scientists for decades. While the details of the molecular mechanisms that generate and maintain this… read more here.
Keywords: eumelanin polymorphic; cepaea nemoralis; cepaea; challenging concept ... See more keywords
Identification and validation of reference genes for qPCR in the terrestrial gastropod Cepaea nemoralis
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0201396
Abstract: Identifying and understanding mechanisms that generate phenotypic diversity is a fundamental goal of evolutionary biology. With a diversity of pigmented shell morphotypes governed by Mendelian patterns of inheritance, the common grove snail Cepaea nemoralis (Linnaeus,… read more here.
Keywords: identification validation; validation reference; cepaea nemoralis; reference ... See more keywords