Losing sight.(LETTERS)(Letter to the Editor)

Publication: Natural History

Publication Date: 01-SEP-05

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Luis and Monika Espinasa's article, "Why Do Cave Fish Lose Their Eyes" [6/05], brought to mind a zoology instructor who offered the following alternative explanation: In any fish population, mutations give rise to fish with defective, degenerate, or absent eyes. Outside caves, such fish are at a severe disadvantage,...

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