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The next generation of colour pattern genomics

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Convolutional neural networks and genetic association analysis decode the evolution of colour pattern diversity and its underlying complex genetic architecture in the Trinidadian guppy.

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Fig. 1: A new approach to determining the genetic basis of colour pattern in the Trinidadian guppy.

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    Nidal Karagic & Claudius F. Kratochwil

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Karagic, N., Kratochwil, C.F. The next generation of colour pattern genomics. Nat Ecol Evol 9, 1554–1555 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-025-02816-2

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