Disappearing Flounder (IMAGE)

Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Disappearing Flounder

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Like other bony fish, the peacock flounder can change the color and pattern of its skin to blend into the sea floor. Roger Cone, Ph.D., and colleagues have discovered a gene that enables this color change.

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Photo by Jimmie Mack

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