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An intronic enhancer of Bmp6 underlies evolved tooth gain in sticklebacks.
PLoS genetics - 1 Jun 2018
Cleves Phillip A, Hart James C, Agoglia Rachel M, Jimenez Monica T, Erickson Priscilla A, Gai Linda, Miller Craig T
Abstract excerpt
Threespine stickleback fish offer a powerful system to dissect the genetic basis of morphological evolution in nature. Marine sticklebacks have repeatedly invaded and adapted to numerous freshwater environments throughout the Northern hemisphere. In response to new diets in freshwater habitats, changes in craniofacial morphology, including heritable increases in tooth number, have evolved in derived freshwater...
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