Parallel and convergent genomic changes underlie independent subterranean colonization across beetles

Abstract Adaptation to life in caves is often accompanied by dramatically convergent changes across distantly related taxa, epitomized by the loss or reduction of eyes and pigmentation. Nevertheless, the genomic underpinnings underlying cave-related phenotypes are largely unexplored from a macroevol...

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Main Authors: Pau Balart-García, Leandro Aristide, Tessa M. Bradford, Perry G. Beasley-Hall, Slavko Polak, Steven J. B. Cooper, Rosa Fernández
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-06-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-39603-1