Genetic analysis of a phenotypic loss in the mechanosensory entrainment of a circalunar clock.

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Genetic variants underlying traits that become either non-adaptive or selectively neutral are expected to have altered evolutionary trajectories. Uncovering genetic signatures associated with phenotypic loss presents the opportunity to discover the molecular basis for the phenotype in populations where it persists. Here we study circalunar clocks in populations of the marine midge Clunio marinus. The circalunar...

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