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

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Simon, Victor | Elleboode, Romain | Mahé, Kélig | Legendre, Laurent | Ornelas-Garcia, Patricia | Espinasa, Luis | Rétaux, Sylvie

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International audience. Life in the darkness of caves is accompanied, throughout phyla, by striking phenotypic changes including the loss or severe reduction in eyes and pigmentation. On the other hand, cave animals have undergone constructive changes, thought to be adaptive, to survive in this extreme environment. The present study addresses the question of the evolution of growth in caves, taking advantage of the comparison between the river-dwelling and the cave-dwelling morphs of the Mexican tetra, Astyanax mexicanus.

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