… evolutionary developmental biology in invertebrates (Jeffery and Swalla, 1992; Raff, 1992; …
no differences in the structure of individual taste buds in surface fish and cavefish (Jeffery et …

… Yamamoto and WR Jeffery, unpublished). Recent studies have shown that crosses between
different cavefish populations can rescue vision, restoring sight to cavefish lineages that …

… Jeffery unpublished data). Second, large numbers of transcripts have been directly compared
between surface fish and cavefish embryos by microarray analysis (Strickler and Jeffery …

The genetic basis of vertebrate morphological evolution has traditionally been very difficult
to examine in naturally occurring populations. Here we describe the generation of a genome-…

In the process of morphological evolution, the extent to which cryptic, preexisting variation
provides a substrate for natural selection has been controversial. We provide evidence that …

Astyanax mexicanus is a teleost with eyed surface-dwelling and eyeless cave-dwelling
forms. Eye formation is initiated in cave fish embryos, but the eye subsequently arrests and …

Hedgehog (Hh) proteins are responsible for critical signalling events during development 1
but their evolutionary roles remain to be determined. Here we show that hh gene expression …

… Source DNA was obtained from the Jeffery Lab. DNA was collected from heart, liver, spleen
… Samples for genome annotation were taken in the Jeffery lab under animal care protocols …

How cave animals adapt to life in darkness is a poorly understood aspect of evolutionary
biology [1]. Here we identify a behavioral shift and its morphological basis in Astyanax …

… Eggs and developing embryos were fixed at -20C for 30 min in modified Petrunkewitsch’s
fluid, a fixative which quantitatively retains RNA in the specimens (Jeffery, unpublished) and …