A Potential Benefit of Albinism in Astyanax Cavefish: Downregulation of the oca2 Gene Increases Tyrosine and Catecholamine Levels as an Alternative to Melanin Synthesis

Albinism in phylogenetically and geographically distinct populations of Astyanax cavefish arises through the same loss-of-function Oca2 allele

(2013) J B Gross et al.   HEREDITY

Validation of an ELISA for urinary dopamine: applications in monitoring treatment of dopamine-related disorders

(2013) Mikaela Nichkova et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROCHEMISTRY

Evolution of an adaptive behavior and its sensory receptors promotes eye regression in blind cavefish

(2012) Masato Yoshizawa et al.   BMC BIOLOGY

Gene flow and population structure in the Mexican blind cavefish complex (Astyanax mexicanus)

(2012) Martina Bradic et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

β-Adrenergic Signaling Regulates Evolutionarily Derived Sleep Loss in the Mexican Cavefish

(2012) Erik R. Duboué et al.   BRAIN BEHAVIOR AND EVOLUTION

Evolution of albinism in cave planthoppers by a convergent defect in the first step of melanin biosynthesis

(2012) Helena Bilandžija et al.   EVOLUTION & DEVELOPMENT

Norepinephrine: A Neuromodulator That Boosts the Function of Multiple Cell Types to Optimize CNS Performance

(2012) John O’Donnell et al.   NEUROCHEMICAL RESEARCH

Evolution of Space Dependent Growth in the Teleost Astyanax mexicanus

(2012) Natalya D. Gallo et al.   PLoS One

Evolutionary Convergence on Sleep Loss in Cavefish Populations

(2011) Erik R. Duboué et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Comparative genetics of the central nervous system in epigean and hypogean Astyanax mexicanus

(2011) Allen G. Strickler et al.   GENETICA

Generation of melanocytes from neural crest cells

(2011) Lukas Sommer   Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research

Genetic basis of eye and pigment loss in the cave crustacean, Asellus aquaticus

(2011) M. E. Protas et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Evolution of a Behavioral Shift Mediated by Superficial Neuromasts Helps Cavefish Find Food in Darkness

(2010) Masato Yoshizawa et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Multi-trait evolution in a cave fish, Astyanax mexicanus

(2010) Meredith Protas et al.   EVOLUTION & DEVELOPMENT

Phenylketonuria

(2010) Nenad Blau et al.   LANCET

Regressive Evolution inAstyanaxCavefish

(2009) William R. Jeffery   Annual Review of Genetics

Pleiotropic functions of embryonic sonic hedgehog expression link jaw and taste bud amplification with eye loss during cavefish evolution

(2009) Yoshiyuki Yamamoto et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Taste bud development and patterning in sighted and blind morphs ofAstyanax mexicanus

(2009) Nirupa Varatharasan et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL DYNAMICS

Mechanisms of pigmentation loss in subterranean fishes

(2009) Vanessa Felice et al.   Neotropical Ichthyology

Catecholaminergic Systems in Stress: Structural and Molecular Genetic Approaches

(2009) Richard Kvetnansky et al.   PHYSIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

A Novel Role for Mc1r in the Parallel Evolution of Depigmentation in Independent Populations of the Cavefish Astyanax mexicanus

(2009) Joshua B. Gross et al.   PLoS Genetics

Evolution of Coloration Patterns

(2008) Meredith E. Protas et al.   Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology