Adaptive evolution of eye degeneration in the Mexican blind cavefish.

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• Publication year

  2005

• Venue

  Journal of Heredity

• Publication date

  2005-05-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1093/JHERED/ESI028PMID 15653557
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