Skin colour (MC1R) Jewelled Lizard
peer reviewedMc1r
Information presented here was moved from OMIA:001199-8523 : Coat colour, extension in Lacerta [20/09/2023]. Lacerta lepida is a synonym for Timon lepidus.
Offspring odds
No numbers for this one.
No inheritance mode has been recorded for Skin colour (MC1R), so no offspring odds are given. Guessing one would be worse than saying nothing: a breeder would plan a season on it.
What this rests on
A peer-reviewed paper identifies the variant behind this morph in the gene Mc1r.
- Association of Mc1r variants with ecologically relevant phenotypes in the European ocellated lizard, Lacerta lepida. — J Evol Biol 2011