Parallel Evolution of opsin gene expression in African cichlid fishes

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2839-2854

  O'Quin, Kelly E ^a   Hofmann, Christopher M ^a   Hofmann, Hans A ^b   Carleton, Karen L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

cichlids; opsin; parallel evolution

Indexed keywords

OPSIN;

ADAPTATION; AFRICA; ARTICLE; CICHLID; DIET; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; LAKE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

AFRICA, EASTERN; AFRICA, SOUTHERN; ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; CICHLIDS; DIET; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES; OPSINS; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; RETINAL CONE PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

AFRICAN CICHLIDS; CICHLIDAE; PISCES;

EID: 78649352513     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msq171     Document Type: Article

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