The complex origin of Astyanax cavefish

BMC Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Gross, Joshua B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Cave biology; Genetics; Regressive phenotypic evolution

Indexed keywords

BIOTOPE; CAVE; CONSPECIFIC; CONVERGENCE; GENE FLOW; HYBRIDIZATION; MORPHOLOGY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; TELEOST;

GUATEMALA [CENTRAL AMERICA];

AMBLYOPSIDAE; ASTYANAX; ASTYANAX MEXICANUS;

MICROSATELLITE DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; CAVE; CENTRAL AMERICA; CLASSIFICATION; CYPRINIFORMES; EVOLUTION; GENE FLOW; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION GENETICS; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CAVES; CENTRAL AMERICA; CYPRINIFORMES; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; GENE FLOW; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 84862985863     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-12-105     Document Type: Review

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