Variación críptica en la evolución morfológica: HSP90 como un condensador para la pérdida de los ojos en los peces de

Nicolas Rohner1, Dan F Jarosz, Johanna E Kowalko

  • 1Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.

Science (New York, N.Y.)
|December 17, 2013
PubMed
Resumen

La proteína de choque térmico 90 (HSP90) enmascara la variación oculta del tamaño del ojo en el pez cueva. La inhibición de HSP90 o las condiciones de las cuevas exponen esta variación, revelando su papel en la evolución de la pérdida ocular.

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