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Genetic Basis for Eye Migration in Flatfish

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Eye migration involves two aspects: which eye prefers to migrate upward and how far it migrates. We hypothesized that the genetic control of which way the eye prefers to migrate is already in place during early embryonic stages, when the eyes start forming. Several SNPs of genes involved in the control of eye development were investigated by comparing the neurula transcriptomes of the starry flounder and Japanese flounder. How far the eye migrates may be related to the duplication of TRβ, and a new copy of TRβb showed correlative expression with eye movement during Japanese flounder metamorphosis.

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Bao, B. (2022). Genetic Basis for Eye Migration in Flatfish. In: Flatfish Metamorphosis. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-7859-3_9

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