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Next generation phylogeography of cave and surface Astyanax mexicanus.
Molecular phylogenetics and evolution - 1 Oct 2014
Coghill Lyndon M, Darrin Hulsey C, Chaves-Campos Johel, García de Leon Francisco J, Johnson Steven G
Abstract excerpt
The loss of traits is a commonly observed evolutionary pattern in cave organisms, but due to extensive morphological convergence, inferring relationships between cave and surface populations can be difficult. For instance, Astyanax mexicanus (the blind Mexican cavefish) is thought to have repeatedly lost its eyes following colonization of cave environments, but the number of evolutionarily independent invasions...
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