This process, known as facultative melanism, has not been reported in snakes before. It’s probably an adaptation that allows for faster rates of heating during basking, which is important for ...

Mutation causing albinism can occur in different genes, and genes that are different than the ones causing melanism. Just in humans, there are more than 20 genes whose alteration can cause albinism." ...

Researchers suspect that melanism is maladaptive, or unhelpful, in Canada lynx, says Stan Boutin, an ecologist at the University of Alberta. That’s because it would make it harder for them to ...

Rare black colouring is due to a genetic condition called melanism News Jeff Parsons Tech/Science reporter 10:16, 20 Apr 2015 Updated 10:28, 20 Apr 2015 ...

Letter Published: 18 August 1923 Melanism in the Lepidoptera and its Possible Induction F. C. GARRETT & J. W. HESLOP HARRISON Nature 112, 240–241 (1923) Cite this article ...

University of Liverpool. "Industrial melanism linked to same gene in 3 moth species." ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 17 October 2019. <www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2019 / 10 / 191017131436.htm>.

The opposite of albinism, melanism is the result of a gene that causes a surplus of pigment in the skin or hair of an animal so that it appears black. Melanistic leopards have been reported in and ...

So, yes, industrial melanism is no doubt a resourceful evolutionary strategy, but also one that replaces this snake's vibrant patterns with a soot-colored monochrome.