The role of gene flow in rapid and repeated evolution of cave related traits in Mexican tetra, Astyanax mexicanus
A. Herman, Y. Brandvain, J. Weagley, W. R. Jeffery, A. C. Keene, T. J. Y. Kono, H. Bilandzija, R. Borowsky, L. Espinasa, K. O'Quin, C. P. Ornelas-Garcia, M. Yoshizawa, B. Carlson, E. Maldonado, J. B. Gross, , S. E. McGaugh
This study shows that gene flow plays a significant role in the rapid evolution of cave-related traits in Mexican tetra, challenging the classic hypothesis of disuse and drift.
bioRxiv · May 31, 2018Evolutionary Biology