The small teleost fish Astyanax mexicanus has emerged as an outstanding model for
studying many biological topics in the context of evolution. A major attribute is conspecific …

Many fields of biology—including vertebrate Evo‐Devo research—are facing an explosion of
genomic and transcriptomic sequence information and a multitude of fish species are now …

Natural populations subjected to strong environmental selection pressures offer a window
into the genetic underpinnings of evolutionary change. Cavefish populations, Astyanax …

Despite recent advances in the understanding of morphological evolution, the genetic
underpinnings of behavioral and physiological evolution remain largely unknown. Here, we …

Understanding the molecular basis of repeatedly evolved phenotypes can yield key insights
into the evolutionary process. Quantifying gene flow between populations is especially …

Identifying the genetic factors that underlie complex traits is central to understanding the
mechanistic underpinnings of evolution. Cave-dwelling Astyanax mexicanus populations …

Understanding the extent to which ecological divergence is repeatable is essential for
predicting responses of biodiversity to environmental change. Here we test the predictability …

Fundamental to understanding how biodiversity arises and adapts is whether evolution is
predictable in the face of stochastic genetic and demographic factors. Here we show rapid …

Background Cavefish populations belonging to the Mexican tetra species Astyanax
mexicanus are outstanding models to study the tempo and mode of adaptation to a radical …

Understanding the genetic basis of trait evolution is critical to identifying the mechanisms
that generated the immense amount of diversity observable in the living world. However …