Article
Parallel evolution of opsin gene expression in African cichlid fishes.
Molecular biology and evolution - 1 Dec 2010
O'Quin Kelly E, Hofmann Christopher M, Hofmann Hans A, Carleton Karen L
Abstract excerpt
Phenotypic evolution may occur either through alterations to the structure of protein-coding genes or their expression. Evidence for which of these two mechanisms more commonly contribute to the evolution of a phenotype can be garnered from examples of parallel and convergent evolution. The visual system of East African cichlid fishes is an excellent system with which to address this question. Cichlid fishes from...
Topics
- Africa, Eastern
- Africa, Southern
- Animals
- Bayes Theorem
- Cichlids
- Diet
- Evolution, Molecular
- Gene Expression Regulation
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Open Reading Frames
- Opsins