The population genomics of repeated evolution in the blind cavefish astyanax mexicanus

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 2383-2400

  Bradic, Martina ^a,b   Teotónio, Henrique ^b   Borowsky, Richard L ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO GULBENKIAN DE CIÊNCIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Convergence; Parallelism; QTL; RAD tag sequencing; SNP; Standing variation

Indexed keywords

FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 8; SURFACE WATER;

ARTICLE; ASTYANAX MEXICANUS; BACTERIAL ARTIFICIAL CHROMOSOME; BLINDNESS; CAVE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVERGENT EVOLUTION; DIRECTIONAL SELECTION; EYE DEVELOPMENT; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 8 GENE; FISH; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; GENOMICS; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HETEROZYGOSITY; HOMOZYGOSITY; LENS; LENS SIZE; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; NATURAL POPULATION; NONHUMAN; ORGAN SIZE; PHENOTYPE; QUALITY CONTROL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS MAPPING; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

CONVERGENCE; PARALLELISM; QTL; RAD TAG SEQUENCING; SNP; STANDING VARIATION;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CAVES; CYPRINIFORMES; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME; GUATEMALA; HAPLOTYPES; METAGENOMICS; MEXICO; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI;

EID: 84888588865     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/mst136     Document Type: Article

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