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Paleontologists reveal the hidden role of eye pigments in vertebrate evolution
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Paleontologists at University College Cork have discovered that the evolution of fish is linked to the shape, location and abundance of tiny melanin-rich granules called melanosomes. These features survive in 300-million-year-old fossil fish, suggesting that melanosomes have played a key role in vertebrate evolution since the major fish groups evolved…
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Paleontologists reveal the hidden role of eye pigments in vertebrate evolution
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