Coloration is an easily quantifiable visual trait that has proven to be a highly tractable system for genetic analysis and for studying adaptive evolution. The application of genomic approaches to evolutionary studies of coloration is providing new insight into the genetic architectures underlying colour traits, including the importance of large-effect mutations and supergenes, the role of development in shaping genetic variation and the origins of adaptive variation, which often involves adaptive introgression. Improved knowledge of the genetic basis of traits can facilitate field studies of natural selection and sexual selection, making it possible for strong selection and its influence on the genome to be demonstrated in wild populations.

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着色的基因组学提供了对适应性进化的见解。

着色是一种易于量化的视觉特征，已被证明是用于遗传分析和研究适应性进化的高度易处理的系统。基因组方法在颜色进化研究中的应用为颜色特征背后的遗传结构提供了新的见解，包括大效应突变和超基因的重要性、发育在塑造遗传变异中的作用以及适应性变异的起源，这通常是涉及适应性基因渗入。提高对性状遗传基础的了解可以促进自然选择和性选择的实地研究，从而有可能在野生种群中证明强选择及其对基因组的影响。