Towards an integrated approach to understand Mexican cavefish evolution

Evidence for late Pleistocene origin of Astyanax mexicanus cavefish

(2018) Julien Fumey et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Developmental evolution of the forebrain in cavefish, from natural variations in neuropeptides to behavior

(2018) Alexandre Alié et al.   eLife

Hypocretin underlies the evolution of sleep loss in the Mexican cavefish

(2018) James B Jaggard et al.   eLife

The lateral line confers evolutionarily derived sleep loss in the Mexican cavefish

(2017) James Jaggard et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Comparing growth in surface and cave morphs of the species Astyanax mexicanus: insights from scales

(2017) Victor Simon et al.   EvoDevo

Sensory evolution in blind cavefish is driven by early embryonic events during gastrulation and neurulation

(2016) Hélène Hinaux et al.   DEVELOPMENT

The genetic and molecular architecture of phenotypic diversity in sticklebacks

(2016) Catherine L. Peichel et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Genomics of Rapid Incipient Speciation in Sympatric Threespine Stickleback

(2016) David A. Marques et al.   PLoS Genetics

Distinct genetic architecture underlies the emergence of sleep loss and prey-seeking behavior in the Mexican cavefish

(2015) Masato Yoshizawa et al.   BMC BIOLOGY

Melanocortin 4 receptor mutations contribute to the adaptation of cavefish to nutrient-poor conditions

(2015) Ariel C. Aspiras et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Genome Editing Using TALENs in Blind Mexican Cavefish, Astyanax mexicanus

(2015) Li Ma et al.   PLoS One

The Evolutionary Genomics of Cichlid Fishes: Explosive Speciation and Adaptation in the Postgenomic Era

(2014) Frederico Henning et al.   Annual Review of Genomics and Human Genetics

Lens defects inAstyanax mexicanusCavefish: Evolution of crystallins and a role for alphaA-crystallin

(2014) Hélène Hinaux et al.   Developmental Neurobiology

Eyeless Mexican Cavefish Save Energy by Eliminating the Circadian Rhythm in Metabolism

(2014) Damian Moran et al.   PLoS One

Astyanax Transgenesis and Husbandry: How Cavefish Enters the Laboratory

(2014) Yannick Elipot et al.   Zebrafish

The cavefish genome reveals candidate genes for eye loss

(2014) Suzanne E. McGaugh et al.   Nature Communications

A mutation in the enzyme monoamine oxidase explains part of the Astyanax cavefish behavioural syndrome

(2014) Yannick Elipot et al.   Nature Communications

Enhanced prey capture skills in Astyanax cavefish larvae are independent from eye loss

(2014) Luis Espinasa et al.   EvoDevo

Fast Evolution from Precast Bricks: Genomics of Young Freshwater Populations of Threespine Stickleback Gasterosteus aculeatus

(2014) Nadezhda V. Terekhanova et al.   PLoS Genetics

Loss of Schooling Behavior in Cavefish through Sight-Dependent and Sight-Independent Mechanisms

(2013) Johanna E. Kowalko et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Quantitative Genetic Analysis of Retinal Degeneration in the Blind Cavefish Astyanax mexicanus

(2013) Kelly E. O'Quin et al.   PLoS One

De Novo Sequencing of Astyanax mexicanus Surface Fish and Pachón Cavefish Transcriptomes Reveals Enrichment of Mutations in Cavefish Putative Eye Genes

(2013) Hélène Hinaux et al.   PLoS One

Genomic Consequences of Ecological Speciation in Astyanax Cavefish

(2013) Richard Borowsky et al.   PLoS One

Convergence in feeding posture occurs through different genetic loci in independently evolved cave populations of Astyanax mexicanus

(2013) J. E. Kowalko et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Circadian rhythms in Mexican blind cavefish Astyanax mexicanus in the lab and in the field

(2013) Andrew Beale et al.   Nature Communications

Differences in chemosensory response between eyed and eyeless Astyanax mexicanus of the Rio Subterráneo cave

(2013) Jonathan Bibliowicz et al.   EvoDevo

Evolution of eye development in the darkness of caves: adaptation, drift, or both?

(2013) Sylvie Rétaux et al.   EvoDevo

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

(2012) Masato Yoshizawa et al.   BMC BIOLOGY

Evolutionary Shift from Fighting to Foraging in Blind Cavefish through Changes in the Serotonin Network

(2012) Yannick Elipot et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

PARENTAL GENETIC EFFECTS IN A CAVEFISH ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR EXPLAIN DISPARITY BETWEEN NUCLEAR AND MITOCHONDRIAL DNA

(2012) Masato Yoshizawa et al.   EVOLUTION

Strong signatures of selection in the domestic pig genome

(2012) C.-J. Rubin et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Evolutionary Convergence on Sleep Loss in Cavefish Populations

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

Restoring eye size in Astyanax mexicanus blind cavefish embryos through modulation of the Shh and Fgf8 forebrain organising centres

(2011) K. Pottin et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Genome sequencing reveals insights into physiology and longevity of the naked mole rat

(2011) Eun Bae Kim et al.   NATURE

A Blind Circadian Clock in Cavefish Reveals that Opsins Mediate Peripheral Clock Photoreception

(2011) Nicola Cavallari et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

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

(2010) Masato Yoshizawa et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

On the origin of species: insights from the ecological genomics of lake whitefish

(2010) L. Bernatchez et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

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

Sleep viewed as a state of adaptive inactivity

(2009) Jerome M. Siegel   NATURE REVIEWS NEUROSCIENCE

Adaptive Evolution of Pelvic Reduction in Sticklebacks by Recurrent Deletion of a Pitx1 Enhancer

(2009) Y. F. Chan et al.   SCIENCE

Habitat Complexity, Brain, and Behavior

(2008) Caroly A. Shumway   BRAIN BEHAVIOR AND EVOLUTION

Restoring sight in blind cavefish

(2008) Richard Borowsky   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Orexin neuronal circuitry: Role in the regulation of sleep and wakefulness

(2007) Kousaku Ohno et al.   FRONTIERS IN NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY