Genetic basis of differential opsin gene expression in cichlid fishes.
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SUBMITTER: Carleton KL
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2996586 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Apr
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Genetic basis of differential opsin gene expression in cichlid fishes.
Carleton K L KL Hofmann C M CM Klisz C C Patel Z Z Chircus L M LM Simenauer L H LH Soodoo N N Albertson R C RC Ser J R JR
Journal of evolutionary biology 20100301 4
Visual sensitivity can be tuned by differential expression of opsin genes. Among African cichlid fishes, seven cone opsin genes are expressed in different combinations to produce diverse visual sensitivities. To determine the genetic architecture controlling these adaptive differences, we analysed genetic crosses between species expressing different complements of opsin genes. Quantitative genetic analyses suggest that expression is controlled by only a few loci with correlations among some gene ...[more]
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