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A mutation in monoamine oxidase (MAO) affects the evolution of stress behavior in the blind cavefish <i>Astyanax mexicanus</i>

2020-04-09

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The neurotransmitter serotonin controls a great variety of physiological and behavioral processes. In humans, mutations affecting the monoamine oxidase or MAO, the serotonin-degrading enzyme, are highly deleterious. Yet, blind cavefish of the species A. mexicanus carry a partial loss-of-function mutation in MAO (P106L) and seem to thrive in their subterranean environment. Here, we established 4 fish lines, corres...

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Literature Corpus work: 3ee1aee5-f189-5433-95c1-e3e7b8007363
DOI: 10.1101/2020.04.09.033266

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