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A Potential Benefit of Albinism in Astyanax Cavefish: Downregulation of the oca2 Gene Increases Tyrosine and Catecholamine Levels as an Alternative to Melanin Synthesis

Albinism, the loss of melanin pigmentation, has evolved in a diverse variety of cave animals but the responsible evolutionary mechanisms are unknown. In Astyanax mexicanus, which has a pigmented surface dwelling form (surface fish) and several albino cave-dwelling forms (cavefish), albinism is cause...

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Main Authors: Bilandžija, Helena, Ma, Li, Parkhurst, Amy, Jeffery, William R.
פורמט: Artigo
שפה:Inglês
יצא לאור: Public Library of Science 2013
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גישה מקוונת:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3840000/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24282555
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0080823
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