Biology of Subterranean Fishes

Biology of Subterranean Fishes
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Publisher : CRC Press
Total Pages : 496
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ISBN-10 : 9781439840481
ISBN-13 : 1439840482
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Book Synopsis Biology of Subterranean Fishes by : Eleonora Trajano

Download or read book Biology of Subterranean Fishes written by Eleonora Trajano and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2010-05-20 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In most habitats, adaptations are the single most obvious aspects of an organism's phenotype. However, the most obvious feature of many subterranean animals are losses, not adaptations. Even Darwin saw subterranean animals as degenerates: examples of eyelessness and loss of structure in general. For him, the explanation was a straightforward Lamarc


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