Regulatory and disruptive variants in the CLCN2 gene are associated with modified skin color pattern phenotypes in the corn snake - Genome Biology Background Snakes exhibit a broad variety of adaptive colors and color patterns, generated by the spatial arrangement of chromatophores, but little is known of the mechanisms responsible for these spe...

🐍 New in Genome Biology! We show #CLCN2 is key to #colorpatterns in corn #snakes. LTR-retrotransposon mutation drives Stripe phenotype. Genomic & transcriptomic analyses reveal insights into trait diversification!
Full study: genomebiology.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

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@lanevol.bsky.social, the study explores the #CLCN2 gene’s role in snake skin color patterning, advancing knowledge of snakes pattern formation. Read more: lanevol.org/news/article... #Genetics #Evolution #snake #skincolorpattern