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Regressive Evolution in the Mexican Cave Tetra, Astyanax mexicanus

Cave adapted animals generally have reduced pigmentation and eyes, but the evolutionary forces driving the reductions are unknown; Darwin famously questioned the role of natural selection in eye loss in cave fishes; “As it is difficult to imagine that eyes, although useless, could be in any way inju...

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Main Authors: Protas, Meredith, Conrad, Melissa, Gross, Joshua B., Tabin, Clifford, Borowsky, Richard
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 2007
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2570642/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17306543
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2007.01.051
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