Image of tiny gobies (IMAGE)

University of Michigan

Image of tiny gobies

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A tiny goby of the species Coryphopterus personatus swims near a Caribbean reef. U-M postdoctoral researcher Emily Troyer studied this species to determine the genetic pathways some goby species use to remain miniature. Some gobies spend their entire lives on the same head of coral, according to Troyer.

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Ricardo Betancur, Scripps Institution of Oceanography

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