Additional Reading


Part 2:
Hoekstra, H.E. 2010. From mice to molecules: the genetic basis of color adaptation. In In the Light of Evolution: Essays from the Laboratory and Field. (Ed. J.B. Losos). Roberts and Co. Publishers, Greenwood Village, CO.

Manceau, M., V.S Domingues, C.R. Linnen, E.B. Rosenblum and H.E. Hoekstra. 2010. Convergence in pigmentation at multiple levels: mutations, genes and function. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society 365:2439-2450.

Hoekstra, H.E., Hirschmann, R.J., Bundey, R.J., Insel, P. and J.P. Crossland. 2006. A single amino acid mutation contributes to adaptive color pattern in beach mice. Science 313:101-104.

Steiner, C.C., J.N. Weber and H.E. Hoekstra. 2007. Adaptive variation in beach mice caused by two interacting pigmentation genes. PLoS Biology 5(9):1880-1889.

Vignieri, S.N., J. Larson and H.E. Hoekstra. 2010. The selective advantage of cryptic coloration in mice. Evolution 64:2153-2158.

Part 3:
Weber, J.N., B.K. Peterson and H.E. Hoekstra. 2013. Discrete genetic modules are responsible for the evolution of complex burrowing behaviour in deer mice. Nature 493:402-405.  

Hoekstra, H.E. 2010. In search of the elusive behavior gene. In Search of the Causes of Evolution: From Field Observations to Mechanisms. (Eds. P. Grant and R. Grant). Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ.

Weber, J.N. and H.E. Hoekstra. 2009. The evolution of burrowing behavior in deer mice. Animal Behavior 77:603-609. 

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