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Keene Alex |
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Biology and evolution of the Mexican cavefish / / Alex C. Keene, Masato Yoshizawa, Suzanne E. McGaugh |
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Amsterdam, [Netherlands] : , : Academic Press, , 2016 |
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©2016 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Astyanax mexicanus - Evolution |
Astyanax mexicanus - Habitat |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 |
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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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