The importance of selection in the evolution of blindness in cavefish.

Reed A CartwrightRachel S SchwartzAlexandra L MerryMegan M Howell

Published in: BMC evolutionary biology (2017)

Our results indicate that strong selection is required for the evolution of blindness in cave-dwelling organisms, which is consistent with recent work suggesting a high metabolic cost of eye development.

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