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The evolution of a series of behavioral traits is associated with autism-risk genes in cavefish
BACKGROUND: An essential question in evolutionary biology is whether shifts in a set of polygenic behaviors share a genetic basis across species. Such a behavioral shift is seen in the cave-dwelling Mexican tetra, Astyanax mexicanus. Relative to surface-dwelling conspecifics, cavefish do not school...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2018
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6004695/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29909776 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12862-018-1199-9 |