Evolution in the Dark Darwin's Loss Without Selection
This book provides fascinating insights into the development and genetics of evolutionary processes on the basis of animals living in the dark, such as the Astyanax cave fish. Biologically functionless traits show high variability, which results from neutral deleterious mutations no longer being eli...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Berlin, Heidelberg
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
2017, 2017
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2017 |
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Evolution in the dark – introduction
- The role of rudimentation in evolution
- Diversity and phylogenetic age of cave species
- Surface and cave populations of Mexican Astyanax
- Complexity of interrelationship of cave and surface fish
- Regressive and constructive traits in Astyanax surface and cave fish
- Mechanisms of regressive evolution