The role of selection in the evolution of blindness in cave fish
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DOI: 10.1093/biolinnean/blaa054
Abstract: The forces driving regression of biologically functionless traits remain disputed. There is ongoing debate regarding whether selection, as opposed to disuse and neutral mutations, is involved in this process. Cave species are of particular relevance… read more here.
Keywords: role selection; selection evolution; selection; cave fish ... See more keywords
Immunocytochemical identification and ontogeny of adenohypophyseal cells in a cave fish, Phreatichthys andruzzii (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae).
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DOI: 10.1111/jfb.13267
Abstract: The morphogenesis of the pituitary gland and the chronological appearance of adenohypophyseal cells were investigated for the first time in the Somalian cave fish Phreatichthys andruzzii by immunocytochemistry. The adult adenohypophysis contained: a rostral pars… read more here.
Keywords: adenohypophyseal cells; fish phreatichthys; cave fish; pars distalis ... See more keywords