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ArticleNational science review2026

The genetics and evolution of moth melanism in the absence of strong natural selection.

Yongjian Liu, Yunjie Pan, Yanghui Cao, Zhibo Wang, Chaomei Ge, Guiyun Li, Xiaojing Liu, Gangqi Fang, Yaohui Wang, Qiang Xiao and 1 more

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Yongjian LiuState Key Laboratory of Plant Trait Design, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200032, China.
Yunjie PanState Key Laboratory of Plant Trait Design, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200032, China.
Yanghui CaoKey Laboratory of Plant Protection Resources and Pest Management of the Ministry of Education, Entomological Museum, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0515-0767
Zhibo WangKey Laboratory of Tea Quality and Safety Control, Tea Research Institute, Ministry of Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou 310008, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0278-1966
Chaomei GeKey Laboratory of Tea Quality and Safety Control, Tea Research Institute, Ministry of Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou 310008, China.
Guiyun LiState Key Laboratory of Plant Trait Design, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200032, China.
Xiaojing LiuJiangsu Key Laboratory of Sericultural Biology and Biotechnology, School of Biotechnology, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, Zhenjiang 212100, China.
Gangqi FangState Key Laboratory of Plant Trait Design, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200032, China.
Yaohui WangKey Laboratory of Biology and Sustainable Management of Plant Diseases and Pests of Anhui Higher Education Institutes, College of Plant Protection, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei 230036, China.
Qiang XiaoKey Laboratory of Tea Quality and Safety Control, Tea Research Institute, Ministry of Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou 310008, China.
Shuai ZhanState Key Laboratory of Plant Trait Design, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200032, China.

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Abstract

Melanism is a common phenotypic variation in wild animals, and it provides valuable models for understanding how natural selection shapes biodiversity. The tea geometrid is prevailing in tea gardens of Asia and exhibits natural polymorphism in body and wing colors. Based on genetic linkage analysis, we mapped the melanism locus of this species to a 500 kb genomic interval, the '

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evolutionary hotspotLepidopteramelanismparallel evolutionpopulation genetics

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