Genetic analysis of cavefish reveals molecular convergence in the evolution of albinism

Nature Genetics

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 107-111

  Protas, Meredith E ^a   Hersey, Candace ^b   Kochanek, Dawn ^c   Zhou, Yi ^b   Wilkens, Horst ^d   Jeffery, William R ^e   Zon, Leonard I ^b   Borowsky, Richard ^c   Tabin, Clifford J ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^e Bldg 142   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBINISM; ARTICLE; CELL ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVERGENT EVOLUTION; FISH; FISH GENETICS; GENE DELETION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOSS; GENOME ANALYSIS; LINKAGE ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; SKIN PIGMENTATION;

ALBINISM; ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CROSSES, GENETIC; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; EXONS; FEMALE; FISH PROTEINS; FISHES; GENETICS, POPULATION; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MALE; MELANOCYTES; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PIGMENTATION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI;

FORBESICHTHYS AGASSIZII; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 29444454335     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: 15461718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ng1700     Document Type: Article

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