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Two developmentally temporal quantitative trait loci underlie convergent evolution of increased branchial bone length in sticklebacks.
Proceedings. Biological sciences - 7 Aug 2014
Erickson Priscilla A, Glazer Andrew M, Cleves Phillip A, Smith Alyson S, Miller Craig T
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In convergent evolution, similar phenotypes evolve repeatedly in independent populations, often reflecting adaptation to similar environments. Understanding whether convergent evolution proceeds via similar or different genetic and developmental mechanisms offers insight towards the repeatability and predictability of evolution. Oceanic populations of threespine stickleback fish, Gasterosteus aculeatus, have...
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