ArticleEvoDevo2017
Comparing growth in surface and cave morphs of the species
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- Brain of the blind: transcriptomics of the golden-line cavefish brain.Current zoology · 2018Article
- Towards an integrated approach to understand Mexican cavefish evolution.Biology letters · 2018Review
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- The healthy diabetic cavefish conundrum.Nature · 2018Article
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Abstract
backgroundLife in the darkness of caves is accompanied, throughout phyla, by striking phenotypic changes including the loss or severe reduction in eyes and pigmentation. On the other hand, cave animals have undergone constructive changes, thought to be adaptive, to survive in this extreme environment. The present study addresses the question of the evolution of growth in caves, taking advantage of the comparison between the river-dwelling and the cave-dwelling morphs of the Mexican tetra,
resultsA sclerochronology approach was undertaken to document the growth of the species in these two very distinct habitats. Scales from 158 wild
conclusionsThese data suggest that cavefish originating from the Pachón cave are subjected to an intrinsic limitation of their final size, which is at least in part independent from energy/food availability. This growth limitation may be an advantageous way of limiting energy expenditure and food needs in the cave environment. Moreover, growth regulation evolved differently in independently evolved cave populations. These results are discussed with regard to the sources of energy or general ecological conditions present in caves, and to the differences in behavior or feeding skills known in cavefish.
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