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An epigenetic mechanism for cavefish eye degeneration.
Nature ecology & evolution - 1 Jul 2018
Gore Aniket V, Tomins Kelly A, Iben James, Ma Li, Castranova Daniel, Davis Andrew E, Parkhurst Amy, Jeffery William R, Weinstein Brant M
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Coding and non-coding mutations in DNA contribute significantly to phenotypic variability during evolution. However, less is known about the role of epigenetics in this process. Although previous studies have identified eye development genes associated with the loss-of-eyes phenotype in the Pachón blind cave morph of the Mexican tetra Astyanax mexicanus, no inactivating mutations have been found in any of these...
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