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A Transcriptomic Analysis of Cave, Surface, and Hybrid Isopod Crustaceans of the Species Asellus aquaticus.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2015
Stahl Bethany A, Gross Joshua B, Speiser Daniel I, Oakley Todd H, Patel Nipam H, Gould Douglas B, Protas Meredith E
Abstract excerpt
Cave animals, compared to surface-dwelling relatives, tend to have reduced eyes and pigment, longer appendages, and enhanced mechanosensory structures. Pressing questions include how certain cave-related traits are gained and lost, and if they originate through the same or different genetic programs in independent lineages. An excellent system for exploring these questions is the isopod, Asellus aquaticus. This...
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