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Genetic basis of eye and pigment loss in the cave crustacean, Asellus aquaticus.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 5 Apr 2011

Protas Meredith E, Trontelj Peter, Patel Nipam H

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Understanding the process of evolution is one of the great challenges in biology. Cave animals are one group with immense potential to address the mechanisms of evolutionary change. Amazingly, similar morphological alterations, such as enhancement of sensory systems and the loss of eyes and pigmentation, have evolved multiple times in a diverse assemblage of cave animals. Our goal is to develop an invertebrate...

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PMID: 21422298
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1013850108
PMCID: PMC3078413

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