@article{fdi:010070209,
  title = {{R}epeated evolution of camouflage in speciose desert rodents},
  author = {{B}oratynski, {Z}. and {B}rito, {J}. {C}. and {C}ampos, {J}. {C}. and {C}unha, {J}. {L}. and {G}ranjon, {L}aurent and {M}appes, {T}. and {N}diaye, {A}. and {R}zebik-{K}owalska, {B}. and {S}eren, {N}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{T}here are two main factors explaining variation among species and the evolution of characters along phylogeny: adaptive change, including phenotypic and genetic responses to selective pressures, and phylogenetic inertia, or the resemblance between species due to shared phylogenetic history. {P}henotype-habitat colour match, a classic {D}arwinian example of the evolution of camouflage (crypsis), offers the opportunity to test the importance of historical versus ecological mechanisms in shaping phenotypes among phylogenetically closely related taxa. {T}o assess it, we investigated fur (phenotypic data) and habitat (remote sensing data) colourations, along with phylogenetic information, in the species-rich {G}erbillus genus. {O}verall, we found a strong phenotype-habitat match, once the phylogenetic signal is taken into account. {W}e found that camouflage has been acquired and lost repeatedly in the course of the evolutionary history of {G}erbillus. {O}ur results suggest that fur colouration and its covariation with habitat is a relatively labile character in mammals, potentially responding quickly to selection. {R}elatively unconstrained and substantial genetic basis, as well as structural and functional independence from other fitness traits of mammalian colouration might be responsible for that observation.},
  keywords = {{AFRIQUE} {DU} {NORD} ; {SAHARA} ; {SAHEL}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{S}cientific {R}eports - {N}ature},
  volume = {7},
  numero = {},
  pages = {art. 3522 [10 p.]},
  ISSN = {2045-2322},
  year = {2017},
  DOI = {10.1038/s41598-017-03444-y},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010070209},
}