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Evolution and Genetics of Epigean and Cave Astyanax fasciatus (Characidae, Pisces)

Support for the Neutral Mutation Theory

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Part of the book series: Evolutionary Biology ((EBIO,volume 23))

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Notable progress in the biological sciences is occasionally made possible by the discovery of a species that exhibits a specialized way of life, but nevertheless will thrive and breed in the laboratory. In the study of cavernicolous animals, the Mexican characid fish Astyanax fasciatus has come to play a role equivalent to that of the fruit fly, Drosophila, in genetics.

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Wilkens, H. (1988). Evolution and Genetics of Epigean and Cave Astyanax fasciatus (Characidae, Pisces). In: Hecht, M.K., Wallace, B. (eds) Evolutionary Biology. Evolutionary Biology, vol 23. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-1043-3_8

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