Evolution: mirror, mirror in the pond.
Identification of mutations in an FGF receptor gene underlying scale loss in a zebrafish mutant, as well as the domesticated mirror carp breed, emphasises the role of genetic redundancy as a facilitator of evolutionary change and has implications for the molecular basis of morphological evolution.
Maderspacher
Florian
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florian.maderspacher@current-biology.com
D000818:Animals; D005075:Biological Evolution; D002347:Carps / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000235:genetics*; D004817:Epidermis / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D020131:Genes, Duplicate / Q000235:genetics; D009154:Mutation / Q000235:genetics; D017468:Receptors, Fibroblast Growth Factor / Q000235:genetics*; D015027:Zebrafish / Q000235:genetics*
D017468:Receptors, Fibroblast Growth Factor