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Evolution of the Eye Transcriptome under Constant Darkness in Sinocyclocheilus Cavefish

In adaptating to perpetual darkness, cave species gradually lose eyes and body pigmentation and evolve alternatives for exploring their environments. Although troglodyte features evolved independently many times in cavefish, we do not yet know whether independent evolution of these characters involv...

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Autores principales: Meng, Fanwei, Braasch, Ingo, Phillips, Jennifer B., Lin, Xiwen, Titus, Tom, Zhang, Chunguang, Postlethwait, John H.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3684860/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23612715
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/molbev/mst079