Mechanisms of pigmentation loss in subterranean fishes
Troglobitic (exclusively subterranean) organisms usually present, among their apomorphies related to the subterranean life (troglomorphisms), the regression of eyes and melanic pigmentation. The degree of regression varies among species, from a slight reduction to the complete loss of eyes and dark...
Main Authors: | Vanessa Felice, Maria Aparecida Visconti, Eleonora Trajano |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Sociedade Brasileira de Ictiologia
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Series: | Neotropical Ichthyology |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1679-62252008000400015&lng=en&tlng=en |
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