Use it and lose it: lipofuscin accumulation in the midbrain of a coral reef fish
M Gagliano1, A K Lema, M Depczynski
1Centre for Evolutionary Biology, School of Animal Biology & Centre for Microscopy, Characterisation and Analysis, University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia. monica.gagliano@uwa.edu.au
Journal of Fish Biology
|February 3, 2011
Abstract:
Lipofuscin, an autofluorescent biomarker of physiological wear-and-tear, was concentrated in those areas of a fish's midbrain responsible for visual performance, suggesting a potentially strong link between physiological specialization, ecological adaptation and senescence.


