Astyanax surface and cave fish morphs

Abstract The small teleost fish Astyanax mexicanus has emerged as an outstanding model for studying many biological topics in the context of evolution. A major attribute is conspecific surface dwelling (surface fish) and blind cave dwelling (cavefish) morphs that can be raised in the laboratory and...

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Main Author: William R. Jeffery
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-07-01
Series:EvoDevo
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13227-020-00159-6