Rapid evolution of troglomorphic characters suggests selection rather than neutral mutation as a driver of eye reduction in cave crabs

Biology Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Klaus, Sebastian ^a,b   Mendoza, Jose C E ^a   Liew, Jia Huan ^a   Plath, Martin ^b   Meier, Rudolf ^a   Yeo, Darren C J ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Neutral evolution; Regressive evolution; Relaxed selection; Sundathelphusa; Trait reduction

Indexed keywords

CAVE; CRAB; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; EYE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MORPHOLOGY; MUTATION; NATURAL SELECTION; SUBTERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT;

BOHOL [(ISL) VISAYAS]; BOHOL [(PRV) CENTRAL VISAYAS]; CENTRAL VISAYAS; PHILIPPINES; VISAYAS;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BRACHYURA; CAVE; CLASSIFICATION; CYTOLOGY; DARKNESS; EYE; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISLAND (GEOLOGICAL); MITOCHONDRION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MUTATION; ORGAN SIZE; PHILIPPINES; PHYLOGENY; SENSILLUM; TIME;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; BRACHYURA; CAVES; DARKNESS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; EYE; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC VARIATION; ISLANDS; MITOCHONDRIA; MUTATION; ORGAN SIZE; PHILIPPINES; PHYLOGENY; SELECTION, GENETIC; SENSILLA; TIME FACTORS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84874155256     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2012.1098     Document Type: Article

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