How Blind Cavefish Lose Their Eyes?: A hypomorphic cystathionine ?-synthase gene contributes to cavefish eye loss by disrupting optic vasculature

by Li Ma

University of Maryland-led study identified the first gene responsible for eye loss in cavefish, revealing connection to a human vascular disease.

Mexican cavefish spend their entire lives in the dark. With no need for vision, many of them lost functional eyes. In more than 30 varieties of Mexican cavefish, the eyes stop developing as embryos grow into larvae. Although they are still the same species as a sighted, surface-dwelling fish (Astyanax...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1734885009
• ISBN13: 9781734885002
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Ivy Publishing Group
• Length: 80 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"