Gene flow and population structure in the Mexican blind cavefish complex (<it>Astyanax mexicanus</it>)

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Cave animals converge evolutionarily on a suite of troglomorphic traits, the best known of which are eyelessness and depigmentation. We studied 11 cave and 10 surface populations of <it>Astyanax mexicanus </it>in order to...

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Main Authors: Bradic Martina, Beerli Peter, García-de León Francisco J, Esquivel-Bobadilla Sarai, Borowsky Richard L
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2012-01-01
Series:BMC Evolutionary Biology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/12/9