Journal Article

Evolution: The genetics of trait evolution in cavefish

Borowsky, R.

Record Number:
5588
Year:
2021
Journal:
Current Biology
Pages:
R993–R1016
Volume:
31
PMCID:
https://doi.org/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.
Times Cited:
1
Relevent Species:
Astyanax jordani (Hubbs and Innes 1936) Buckup 2003