The importance of selection in the evolution of blindness in cavefish

BACKGROUND: Blindness has evolved repeatedly in cave-dwelling organisms, and many hypotheses have been proposed to explain this observation, including both accumulation of neutral loss-of-function mutations and adaptation to darkness. Investigating the loss of sight in cave dwellers presents an oppo...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Cartwright, Reed A., Schwartz, Rachel S., Merry, Alexandra L., Howell, Megan M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5297207/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28173751
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12862-017-0876-4

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5297207/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28173751
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12862-017-0876-4

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