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The role of selection in the evolution of blindness in cave fish

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Published in 2020 at "Biological Journal of The Linnean Society"

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