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Visual sensitivities tuned by heterochronic shifts in opsin gene expression

BACKGROUND: Cichlid fishes have radiated into hundreds of species in the Great Lakes of Africa. Brightly colored males display on leks and vie to be chosen by females as mates. Strong discrimination by females causes differential male mating success, rapid evolution of male color patterns and, possi...

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Autores principales: Carleton, Karen L, Spady, Tyrone C, Streelman, J Todd, Kidd, Michael R, McFarland, William N, Loew, Ellis R
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2430543/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18500997
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1741-7007-6-22

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