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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Huang, Guangping
• Zhang, Yubo
• Zhang, Wei
• Wei, Fuwen

Titel

Genetic mechanisms of animal camouflage: an interdisciplinary perspective

Ist Teil von

• Trends in genetics, 2024-07, Vol.40 (7), p.613-620

Ort / Verlag

England: Elsevier Ltd

Erscheinungsjahr

2024

Quelle

MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Camouflage is essential for animals to avoid predation or attract prey.Camouflage encompasses a spectrum of strategies aimed at rendering detection and recognition more challenging.Crypsis and masquerade emerge as the predominant manifestations of camouflage in the animal kingdom.Unveiling genetic mechanisms of camouflage requires cross-discipline integration, encompassing comparative genomics, population genetics, developmental biology, and neurobiology.The approaches of ecological evolutionary developmental biology provide a pivotal role in deciphering the genetic bases of camouflage. Camouflage is a classic example of a trait wherein animals respond to natural selection to avoid predation or attract prey. This unique phenomenon has attracted significant recent attention and the rapid development of integrative research methods is facilitating advances in our understanding of the in-depth genetic mechanisms of camouflage. In this review article, we revisit camouflage definitions and strategies and then we examine the underlying mechanisms of the two most common forms of camouflage, crypsis and masquerade, that have recently been elucidated using multiple approaches. We also discuss unresolved questions related to camouflage. Ultimately, we highlight the implications of camouflage for informing various key issues in ecology and evolution. Camouflage is a classic example of a trait wherein animals respond to natural selection to avoid predation or attract prey. This unique phenomenon has attracted significant recent attention and the rapid development of integrative research methods is facilitating advances in our understanding of the in-depth genetic mechanisms of camouflage. In this review article, we revisit camouflage definitions and strategies and then we examine the underlying mechanisms of the two most common forms of camouflage, crypsis and masquerade, that have recently been elucidated using multiple approaches. We also discuss unresolved questions related to camouflage. Ultimately, we highlight the implications of camouflage for informing various key issues in ecology and evolution.