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" Biology and evolution of the Mexican cavefish / "
Alex C. Keene, Masato Yoshizawa, Suzanne E. McGaugh
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622768
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Biology and evolution of the Mexican cavefish /\ Alex C. Keene, Masato Yoshizawa, Suzanne E. McGaugh
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xiv, 403 pages :: illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ;; 24 cm
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9780128021484
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: 0128021489
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| Notes
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Book available in 2015
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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| Contents
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Introduction : the emergence of the Mexican cavefish as an important model system for understanding phenotypic evolution / Clifford J. Tabin -- Part I. Ecology and evolution. Cave exploration and mapping in the Sierra de El Abra region / William R. Elliott -- Hydrogeology of caves in the Sierra de El Abra region / Luis Espinasa and Monika Espinasa -- Cave biodiversity and ecology of the Sierra de El Abra region / William R. Elliott -- Phylogeny and evolutionary history of Astyanax mexicanus / C.P. Ornelas-García and C. Pedraza-Lara -- Part II. Genetic diversity and quantitative genetics. Regressive evolution : testing hypotheses of selection and drift / Richard Borowsky -- Mapping the genetic basis of troglomorphy in Astyanax : how far we have come and where do we go from here? / Kelly O'Quin and Suzanne E. McGaugh -- Selection through standing genetic variation / Nicholas Rohner -- Part III. Morphology and development. Pigment regression and albinism in Astyanax cavefish / William R. Jeffery, Li Ma, Amy Parkhurst and Helena Bilandžija -- Molecular mechanisms of eye degeneration in cavefish / Yoshiyuki Yamamoto -- The evolution of the cavefish craniofacial complex / Joshua B. Gross and Amanda K. Powers -- Evolution and development of the cavefish oral jaws : adaptations for feeding / A.D.S. Atukorala and Tamara A. Franz-Odendaal -- Neural development and evolution in Astyanax mexicanus : comparing cavefish and surface fish brains / Sylvie Rétaux, Alexandre Alié, Maryline Blin, Lucie Devos, Yannick Elipot and Hélène Hinaux -- Part IV. Behavior. The evolution of sensory adaptation in Astyanax mexicanus / M. Yoshizawa -- Feeding behavior, starvation response, and endocrine regulation of feeding in Mexican blind cavefish (Astyanax fasciatus mexicanus) / Hélène Volkoff -- Investigating the evolution of sleep in the Mexican cavefish / Erik R. Duboué and Alex C. Keene -- Daily rhythms in a timeless environment : circadian clocks in Astyanax mexicanus / A.D. Beale and D. Whitmore -- Social behavior and aggressiveness in Astyanax / Hélène Hinaux, Sylvie Rétaux and Yannick Elipot -- Spatial mapping in perpetual darkness : EvoDevo of behavior in Astyanax mexicanus cavefish / Ana Santacruz, Oscar M. Garcia, Maryana Tinoco-Cuellar, Emma Rangel-Huerta and Ernesto Maldanato -- Part V. Future applications. Transgenesis and future applications for cavefish research / Kathryn M. Tabor and Harold A. Burgess -- Concluding remarks : the Astyanax community / William R. Jeffery
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Astyanax mexicanus
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Astyanax mexicanus-- Evolution
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Amblyopsidae-- Mexico-- Tanchipa Mountains Region
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Cave animals-- Evolution-- Mexico-- Tanchipa Mountains Region
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Biospeleology-- Mexico-- Tanchipa Mountains Region
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597.6/2
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QL638.C5B55 2015
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Keene, Alex Carl
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Yoshizawa, Masato
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McGaugh, Suzanne E.
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