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Evolution in the dark : Darwin's loss without selection / Horst Wilkens, Ulrike Strecker.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wilkens, Horst, author.
- Strecker, Ulrike, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Vestigial organs.
- Evolution (Biology).
- Astyanax mexicanus--Evolution.
- Astyanax mexicanus.
- Astyanax--Evolution.
- Astyanax.
- Hypogean fishes--Evolution.
- Hypogean fishes.
- Hypogean fishes--Adaptation.
- Cave animals--Evolution.
- Cave animals.
- Cave animals--Adaptation.
- Eye--Evolution.
- Eye.
- Vision--Evolution.
- Vision.
- Adaptation (Biology).
- Evolution.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 217 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Berlin, Germany : Springer, [2017]
- Contents:
- 1. Evolution in the dark: introduction
- 2. The role of rudimentation in evolution
- 3. Diversity and the phylogenetic age of cave species
- 4. Surface and cave populations of Mexican Astyanax
- 5. Complexity of interrelationships between Astyanax cave and surface fish
- 6. Regressive and constructive traits in Astyanax surface and cave fish
- 7. Mechanisms of regressive evolution.
- Notes:
- "This Springer imprint is published by Springer Nature"--Title page verso.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9783662545102
- 3662545101
- OCLC:
- 973920419
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