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Doubled Genomes, Divergent Fates: Genomic Insights Into Diversification in an Allotetraploid Cavefish.
Molecular ecology - 1 Nov 2025
Montero-Mendieta Santiago, Wang Yuwei, Wang Chongnv, Meng Fanwei, Zhao Yahui, Li Xinxin, Guo Baocheng
Abstract excerpt
Cave environments impose unique challenges that drive remarkable genetic and phenotypic changes in cave-dwelling organisms. In this study, we investigated the genomic basis of adaptation in the small eye golden-line fish (Sinocyclocheilus microphthalmus), an allotetraploid cavefish endemic to Guangxi, China. Using whole-genome resequencing data from 47 individuals across six cave locations, we examined how...
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- Animals
- Caves
- Genome
- China
- Selection, Genetic
- Genetics, Population
- Tetraploidy
