Genomic consequences of ecological speciation in astyanax cavefish.

The cave environment is consistently radically different than the surface environment because it lacks light, and animals adapting to cave life are subject to strong selective forces much different than those experienced by their ancestors who evolved in the presence of light. As such, their diverge...

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Main Authors: Richard Borowsky, Dana Cohen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3833966?pdf=render