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Melanocortin 4 receptor mutations contribute to the adaptation of cavefish to nutrient-poor conditions.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 4 Aug 2015
Aspiras Ariel C, Rohner Nicolas, Martineau Brian, Borowsky Richard L, Tabin Clifford J
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Despite recent advances in the understanding of morphological evolution, the genetic underpinnings of behavioral and physiological evolution remain largely unknown. Here, we study the metabolic changes that evolved in independently derived populations of the Mexican cavefish, Astyanax mexicanus. A hallmark of cave environments is scarcity of food. Cavefish populations rely almost entirely on sporadic food input...
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