Evolution: The genetics of trait evolution in cavefish

Richard Borowsky

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2021.06.016

Evolution: The genetics of trait evolution in cavefish

Curr Biol. 2021 Aug 23;31(16):R1014-R1016. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2021.06.016.

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Richard Borowsky¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Biology, New York University, New York, NY 10003, USA. Electronic address: rborowsky@nyu.edu.

PMID: 34428412
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2021.06.016

Abstract

Albino cavefish sleep less than their pigmented siblings. A recent study used CRISPR-Cas9-directed mutation to establish unambiguously that loss of function of a single gene, ocular and cutaneous albinism2, underlies both phenotypes, one morphological, the other behavioral.

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MeSH terms

Animals
Biological Evolution
Caves
Characidae*
Phenotype
Sleep