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Adaptive evolution of the lower jaw dentition in Mexican tetra (Astyanax mexicanus)

BACKGROUND: The Mexican tetra (Astyanax mexicanus) has emerged as a good animal model to study the constructive and regressive changes associated with living in cave environments, as both the ancestral sighted morph and the cave dwelling morph are extant. The cave dwelling morphs lack eyes and body...

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Autores principales: Atukorala, Atukorallaya Devi Sewvandini, Hammer, Christine, Dufton, Megan, Franz-Odendaal, Tamara Anne
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3852964/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24099036
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/2041-9139-4-28