Tuesday 30 October 2012

Cavefish

Cavefish

Borowsky and his assistants descended into the caves and fished out different blind populations to cross in the lab. If the fish had the same developmental mutations, the researchers reckoned they would produce blind offspring. Instead, the experiment produced a number of fry with functioning eyes; in the most successful pairing, 40% of hybrid fry could see. The results suggest fish from different caves have mutations that don't overlap.

Cavefish

Cavefish

Cavefish

Cavefish

Cavefish

Cavefish

Cavefish

Cavefish

Cavefish

 

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