Comparing growth in surface and cave morphs of the species Astyanax mexicanus: insights from scales
2017
Simon, Victor | Elleboode, Romain | Mahé, Kélig | Legendre, Laurent | Ornelas-Garcia, Patricia | Espinasa, Luis | Rétaux, Sylvie | Institut des Neurosciences Paris-Saclay (NeuroPSI) ; Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) | Laboratoire Ressources Halieutiques de Boulogne (LRHBL) ; Unité Halieutique Manche Mer du Nord (HMMN) ; Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer (IFREMER)-Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer (IFREMER) | Animaux Modèles Aquatiques : ingéniérie GENétique (AMAGEN) ; Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) | Department of Zoology, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico | School of Science, Marist College ; Marist College
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显示更多 [+] 显示较少 [-]英语. Life 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, Astyanax mexicanus.
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