• IntroductionMexican cavefish as a model for the study of evolution, development and behaviorClifford Tabin Ecology and Evolution1. Cave exploration and mapping in the Sierra de El Abra regionWilliam R. Elliott 2. Hydrogeology of caves in the Sierra de El Abra regionLuis Espinasa 3. Biodiversity and ecology of Sierra de El Abra cavesWilliam R. Elliott 4. Phylogeny and evolutionary history of A. mexicanusClaudia Patricia Ornelas-García Genetics and Genomics 5. Population genetics and QTL mapping approachesRichard Borowsky 6. Genome sequencing and population genomicsSuzanne McGaugh 7.Selection through standing variationNicholas Rohner Morphology and Development 8. Regressive evolution of albinismWilliam Jeffery 9. The molecular evolution of eye lossYoshi Yamamoto 10. The evolution of the cavefish craniofacial complexJoshua Gross 11. Jaws and teeth: Adaptation to cave livingTamara Franz Odenaal 12. Neural development in A. mexicanusSylvie Retaux Behavior 13. Sensory regulation of foraging behaviors in A. mexicanusMasato Yoshizawa 14. Feeding Behavior and starvation responseHelene Volkoff 15. Evolutionary convergence of sleep lossAlex Keene 16. Circadian Rhythms and light entrainmentDavid Whitmore 17. Social behavior and AggressionYannick Elipot and Helene Hinaux 18. Spatial Mapping in Perpetual Darkness: EvoDevo of Behaviorin Astyanax mexicanus CavefishErnesto Maldanato Future Applications Transgenesis and future applications for cavefish researchHarold Burgess Concluding remarksBill Jeffery (University of Maryland)

"The book provides a large amount of information and fully covers the literature. Those who seek to enter the field need look no further. Overall, this book is clear evidence that the Mexican cavefish has become a powerful research system for studying organismal evolution at the population level..." --The Quarterly Review of Biology, Vol. 92, No. 4

• IntroductionMexican cavefish as a model for the study of evolution, development and behaviorClifford Tabin Ecology and Evolution1. Cave exploration and mapping in the Sierra de El Abra regionWilliam R. Elliott 2. Hydrogeology of caves in the Sierra de El Abra regionLuis Espinasa 3. Biodiversity and ecology of Sierra de El Abra cavesWilliam R. Elliott 4. Phylogeny and evolutionary history of A. mexicanusClaudia Patricia Ornelas-García Genetics and Genomics 5. Population genetics and QTL mapping approachesRichard Borowsky 6. Genome sequencing and population genomicsSuzanne McGaugh 7.Selection through standing variationNicholas Rohner Morphology and Development 8. Regressive evolution of albinismWilliam Jeffery 9. The molecular evolution of eye lossYoshi Yamamoto 10. The evolution of the cavefish craniofacial complexJoshua Gross 11. Jaws and teeth: Adaptation to cave livingTamara Franz Odenaal 12. Neural development in A. mexicanusSylvie Retaux Behavior 13. Sensory regulation of foraging behaviors in A. mexicanusMasato Yoshizawa 14. Feeding Behavior and starvation responseHelene Volkoff 15. Evolutionary convergence of sleep lossAlex Keene 16. Circadian Rhythms and light entrainmentDavid Whitmore 17. Social behavior and AggressionYannick Elipot and Helene Hinaux 18. Spatial Mapping in Perpetual Darkness: EvoDevo of Behaviorin Astyanax mexicanus CavefishErnesto Maldanato Future Applications Transgenesis and future applications for cavefish researchHarold Burgess Concluding remarksBill Jeffery (University of Maryland)

"The book provides a large amount of information and fully covers the literature. Those who seek to enter the field need look no further. Overall, this book is clear evidence that the Mexican cavefish has become a powerful research system for studying organismal evolution at the population level..." --The Quarterly Review of Biology, Vol. 92, No. 4

• IntroductionMexican cavefish as a model for the study of evolution, development and behaviorClifford Tabin Ecology and Evolution1. Cave exploration and mapping in the Sierra de El Abra regionWilliam R. Elliott 2. Hydrogeology of caves in the Sierra de El Abra regionLuis Espinasa 3. Biodiversity and ecology of Sierra de El Abra cavesWilliam R. Elliott 4. Phylogeny and evolutionary history of A. mexicanusClaudia Patricia Ornelas-García Genetics and Genomics 5. Population genetics and QTL mapping approachesRichard Borowsky 6. Genome sequencing and population genomicsSuzanne McGaugh 7.Selection through standing variationNicholas Rohner Morphology and Development 8. Regressive evolution of albinismWilliam Jeffery 9. The molecular evolution of eye lossYoshi Yamamoto 10. The evolution of the cavefish craniofacial complexJoshua Gross 11. Jaws and teeth: Adaptation to cave livingTamara Franz Odenaal 12. Neural development in A. mexicanusSylvie Retaux Behavior 13. Sensory regulation of foraging behaviors in A. mexicanusMasato Yoshizawa 14. Feeding Behavior and starvation responseHelene Volkoff 15. Evolutionary convergence of sleep lossAlex Keene 16. Circadian Rhythms and light entrainmentDavid Whitmore 17. Social behavior and AggressionYannick Elipot and Helene Hinaux 18. Spatial Mapping in Perpetual Darkness: EvoDevo of Behaviorin Astyanax mexicanus CavefishErnesto Maldanato Future Applications Transgenesis and future applications for cavefish researchHarold Burgess Concluding remarksBill Jeffery (University of Maryland)

"The book provides a large amount of information and fully covers the literature. Those who seek to enter the field need look no further. Overall, this book is clear evidence that the Mexican cavefish has become a powerful research system for studying organismal evolution at the population level..." --The Quarterly Review of Biology, Vol. 92, No. 4