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Astyanax mexicanus surface and cavefish chromosome-scale assemblies for trait variation discovery.
G3 (Bethesda, Md.) - 7 Aug 2024
Warren Wesley C, Rice Edward S, X Maggs, Roback Emma, Keene Alex, Martin Fergal, Ogeh Denye, Haggerty Leanne, Carroll Rachel A, McGaugh Suzanne, Rohner Nicolas
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The ability of organisms to adapt to sudden extreme environmental changes produces some of the most drastic examples of rapid phenotypic evolution. The Mexican Tetra, Astyanax mexicanus, is abundant in the surface waters of northeastern Mexico, but repeated colonizations of cave environments have resulted in the independent evolution of troglomorphic phenotypes in several populations. Here, we present three...
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