Differentially-expressed opsin genes identified in Sinocyclocheilus cavefish endemic to China

Current Zoology

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 170-174

  Meng, Fanwei ^a   Zhao, Yahui ^a   Postlethwait, John H ^b   Zhang, Chunguang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Cavefish; Eye; Opsin; Retina; Sinocyclocheilus

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877732963     PISSN: 16745507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/czoolo/59.2.170     Document Type: Article

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