Long-wavelength sensitive opsin (LWS) gene variability in Neotropical cichlids (Teleostei: Cichlidae)

ABSTRACT Cichlid fishes are an important group in evolutionary biology due to their fast speciation. This group depends widely of vision for feeding and reproduction. During the evolutionary process it plays a significant role in interspecific and intraspecific recognition and in its ecology. The mo...

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Main Authors: THOMAZ M.C. FABRIN, SONIA MARIA A.P. PRIOLI, ALBERTO JOSÉ PRIOLI
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Academia Brasileira de Ciências
Series:Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0001-37652017000100213&lng=en&tlng=en