The eyes have it: regulatory and structural changes both underlie cichlid visual pigment diversity.

A major goal of evolutionary biology is to unravel the molecular genetic mechanisms that underlie functional diversification and adaptation. We investigated how changes in gene regulation and coding sequence contribute to sensory diversification in two replicate radiations of cichlid fishes. In the...

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Main Authors: Christopher M Hofmann, Kelly E O'Quin, N Justin Marshall, Thomas W Cronin, Ole Seehausen, Karen L Carleton
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-12-01
Series:PLoS Biology
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2790343?pdf=render