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A comparative brain atlas in the Mexican cavefish identifies widespread changes in cellular composition and gene expression

2026-05-14

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Understanding how naturally occurring genetic variation shapes human health and disease is critical for improving diagnosis and treatment strategies. The Mexican cavefish, Astyanax mexicanus , represents a powerful system for evolutionary medicine, enabling investigation of naturally evolved mechanisms of resilience to disease-related traits including diabetes, obesity, insomnia, and eye loss. Larval A. mexicanu...

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Literature Corpus work: 134ab925-2522-5bd4-9b99-76b26e787a2e
DOI: 10.64898/2026.05.12.723532

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