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Regressive Evolution in Astyanax Cavefish
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A diverse group of animals, including members of most major phyla, have adapted to life in the perpetual darkness of caves. These animals are united by the convergence of two regressive phenotypes, loss of eyes and pigmentation. The mechanisms of regressive evolution are poorly understood. The teleost Astyanax mexicanus is of special significance in studies of regressive evolution in cave animals. This species includes an ancestral surface dwelling form and many con-specific cave-dwelling forms, some of which have evolved their recessive phenotypes independently. Recent advances in Astyanax development and genetics have provided new information about how eyes and pigment are lost during cavefish evolution; namely, they have revealed some of the molecular and cellular mechanisms involved in trait modification, the number and identity of the underlying genes and mutations, the molecular basis of parallel evolution, and the evolutionary forces driving adaptation to the cave environment.
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“excess Shh causes expression of transcription repressors (vax1 and pax2a) which interfere with pax6 expression and thus the downstream pax6 ocular patterning subcircuit (Jeffery, 2009; Yamamoto et al., 2004) (Baumer et al., 2002).”
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“A cause is ectopic spatial expression of shh from the normal medial interocular region across the top of the ocular fields in cave fish.”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Jeffery, W. R.
- Affiliations
- University of Maryland, College Park (US)
- Corresponding author
- Jeffery, William R.
- ORCID
- Jeffery, William R.
- Venue
- Annual Review of Genetics
- Publisher
- Annual Reviews
- Published
- 2009-12-01
- Volume
- 43
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 25-47
- ISSN
- 0066-4197 (ISSN-L)
- 1545-2948
- PMC
- PMC3594788
- OpenAlex
- W2121610939
- Cited by
- 298
- References
- 68
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- FWCI
- 1.21
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- europepmc.org
- Locations
- Annual Review of Genetics (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- Digital Commons - University of South Florida (University of South Florida) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- National Science Foundation
- Fordham University
- National Institutes of Health
- U.S. Public Health Service (EYO14619)
- National Eye Institute (R01EY014619)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics › Subterranean biodiversity and taxonomy
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Ophthalmology › Retinal Development and Disorders
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation
- Keywords
- regressive evolution, Astyanax mexicanus, cavefish, eye loss, pigmentation loss, cave adaptation, parallel evolution, developmental genetics
- MeSH terms
- Animals, Darkness, Biological Evolution, Eye, Fishes, Skin Pigmentation
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