@dudelbem @suzanahh We get them in the UK now too around Cambridge - my old PhD supervisor did some work on the genetics if you’re interested https://t.co/a2W6J7v88S
@CameraTrapSue Nice! Origins and Mechanisms of Melanism if fox and gray squirrels https://t.co/g7MiiA8gut
@AaronBrockett12 Melanistic fox squirrel. More info (more than you probably will ever want!) about the genetic basis and evolution: https://t.co/jyWQYqhXAD
@UrbanZoochory They did! https://t.co/NtICaAHr5I
An unexpected curiosity of moving to Herts: melanistic #greysquirrels. A welcome prompt to read Dr Helen McRobie's interesting work on their evolution https://t.co/RNdhZbxXpv @AngliaRuskin @WoodlandTrust @HMWTBadger @SquirrelAccord @SquirrelESI #trailcam #
And once the #CityNatureChallenge is over - get online in the @the_zooniverse and explore Squirrel Mapper which pulls the photos from #iNaturalist to examine natural selection in action!
RT @AndyMysticRive1: Backyard @inaturalist observation. Eastern gray squirrel, black phase. @bostoncnc Cambridge, MA. See this paper for…
Backyard @inaturalist observation. Eastern gray squirrel, black phase. @bostoncnc Cambridge, MA. See this paper for genetics of this coloration: https://t.co/r925dxrY2G https://t.co/Xcggop6Vkm
RT @hopihoekstra: @SarahWe382 @NicolaGrissom There certainly have been a few papers on melanic fox/gray squirrels in urban areas (and colle…
Multiple origins of melanism in two species of North American tree squirrel (Sciurus). https://t.co/zbtt8pwJai
If you are a color genetics nerd like me: new research on the gene locations and origin of melanistic coloration in fox and gray squirrels. https://t.co/TswLDuHKu3 #squirrel
Color polymorphism in tree squirrels was possibly aided by past introgression https://t.co/tiED6fGlzh
Now I just want to know about those squirrels #OverlyCuriousEditor
Next time you see a black squirrel in Cambridgeshire (or anywhere else), just remember that it's the product of some cross-species shenanigans and a broken melanin gene! https://t.co/pBqbTaSHCi And a menace to native reds... https://t.co/jOTd31FnJF