The nature and distribution of putative non-functional alleles suggest only two independent events at the origins of Astyanax mexicanus cavefish populations
Several studies suggested that cavefish populations of Astyanax mexicanus settled during the Late Pleistocene. This implies that the cavefish ’s most conspicuous phenotypic changes, blindness and depigmentation, a...
Source: BMC Evolutionary Biology - Category: Molecular Biology Authors: Maxime Policarpo, Laurent Legendre, Isabelle Germon, Philippe Lafargeas, Luis Espinasa, Sylvie R étaux and Didier Casane Tags: Research Source Type: research