Shared and unique patterns of embryo development in extremophile poeciliids.

Closely related lineages of livebearing fishes have independently adapted to two extreme environmental factors: toxic hydrogen sulphide (H(2)S) and perpetual darkness. Previous work has demonstrated in adult specimens that fish from these extreme habitats convergently evolved drastically increased h...

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Main Authors: Rüdiger Riesch, Ingo Schlupp, R Brian Langerhans, Martin Plath
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3210165?pdf=render