Reduced opsin gene expression in a cave-dwelling fish

Biology Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 98-101

  Tobler, Michael ^a   Coleman, Seth W ^a,b   Perkins, Brian D ^a   Rosenthal, Gil G ^a,c  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GONZAGA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Centro de Investigaciones Científicas de Las Huastecas 'Aguazarca'   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Poecilia mexicana; Poeciliidae; qPCR; Regressive evolution; Vision

Indexed keywords

BLINDNESS; CAVERNICOLOUS SPECIES; FISH; GENE EXPRESSION; ONTOGENY; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VISION;

ANIMALIA; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; POECILIA MEXICANA; POECILIIDAE;

EID: 77449160717     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2009.0549     Document Type: Article

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