A compendium of developmental gene expression in Lake Malawi cichlid fishes

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• 作者：R. F. Bloomquist ; T. E. Fowler ; J. B. Sylvester ; R. J. Miro…
• 关键词：Cichlid fishes ; Evolution of gene expression ; Lake Malawi ; Developmental pathways
• 刊名：BMC Developmental Biology
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：December 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：17
• 期：1
• 全文大小：70352KB
• 刊物主题：Developmental Biology; Animal Models; Life Sciences, general;
• 出版者：BioMed Central
• ISSN：1471-213X
• 卷排序：17

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BackgroundLake Malawi cichlids represent one of a growing number of vertebrate models used to uncover the genetic and developmental basis of trait diversity. Rapid evolutionary radiation has resulted in species that share similar genomes but differ markedly in phenotypes including brains and behavior, nuptial coloration and the craniofacial skeleton. Research has begun to identify the genes, as well as the molecular and developmental pathways that underlie trait divergence.