Evidence for positive selection is predominant in southern populations affected by the Mediterranean climate type. By predicting protein features we found that changes at sites under positive selection can impac
As one of the most successful vertebrate colonizers in subterranean habitats, cavefishes attract interest because of their unusual regressive features, such as the rudimentary eyes and scales, and loss of pigmentation. As possible compensation, some constructive traits have evolved, such as elongated ap...
All animals have their special characteristics and features. Some are known for, or even named after, a certain feature. That’s… The Most Striking Spiky Animals Alive Today The natural world is full of creatures with unusual and awe-inspiring adaptations. One such adaptation that has evolve...
23. This technique uses networks of acoustic receivers and small acoustic transmitters implanted in fish, which continuously monitor their movements at high spatial and temporal resolutions, to determine key behavioral aspects such as the spatial and temporal mobility24...
Although a potential solution to this would be to have a transparent body, an adaptation present in many pelagic invertebrates and larval fishes, the combination of a large size and the use of muscles to power swimming limits this adaptation and renders pelagic fishes visible. Some fishes have ...
Several attributes intuitively considered to be typical mammalian features, such as complex behavior, live birth and malignant disease such as cancer, also appeared several times independently in lower vertebrates. The genetic mechanisms underlying the evolution of these elaborate traits are poorly understoo...
2018,Biodiversity and Climate Change Adaptation in Tropical Islands Chapter The Ascension–Monterey Canyon System Surrogacy Demersal fishassemblages in deep water on the central California coast have been distinguished primarily by depth, substratum type, and seafloor slope[12,14,15]. Using the 161 visu...
Humanity’s relationship with fish dates back to prehistory, when ancestral hominins evolved the capacity to exploit aquatic resources. The impacts of
Until recently, genome-wide studies of genetic adaptation in non-model organisms were not possible. With the advent of massively parallel next generation sequencing technologies (NGS), these types of studies have become a reality [3] and while many of the challenges and preferred strategies are ...
“In Bali, coral reef fish, banner fish, and butterfly fish will go in little groups off the reef and find these mola to clean them and give them a spa treatment,” she says. Even though an ocean sunfish can reach 3.1 meters (ten feet) from snout tip to tail fin, they are prey ...