Article
Intraspecific cone opsin expression variation in the cichlids of Lake Malawi.
Molecular ecology - 1 Jan 2011
Smith Adam R, D'Annunzio Lindsay, Smith Abbi E, Sharma Anit, Hofmann Christopher M, Marshall N J, Carleton Karen L
Abstract excerpt
The expression of cone opsin genes is a primary determinant of the characteristics of colour vision. Interspecific variation in opsin expression is common in African cichlids. It is correlated with foraging among cichlids from Lake Malawi, and with ambient light environment among cichlids from Lake Victoria. In this study, we tested whether gene expression varied within species such that it might be important in...
Topics
- Africa
- Animals
- Cichlids
- Color Vision
- Cone Opsins
- Evolution, Molecular
- Fresh Water
- Gene Expression
- Genetic Variation
- Light
- Phylogeny
- Polymerase Chain Reaction