Evolution of an adaptive behavior and its sensory receptors promotes eye regression in blind cavefish
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>How and why animals lose eyesight during adaptation to the dark and food-limited cave environment has puzzled biologists since the time of Darwin. More recently, several different adaptive hypotheses have been proposed to explain eye...
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| Language: | English |
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BMC
2012-12-01
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| Series: | BMC Biology |
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| Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1741-7007/10/108 |