Kerry L. McGowan

Kerry L. McGowan

Ph.D. Candidate in Dr. Joanna Kelley's Lab at Washington State University

Expression analyses of cave mollies (Poecilia mexicana) reveal key genes involved in the early evolution of eye regression

Published in Biology Letters, 2019

Recommended citation: McGowan KL, Passow CN, Arias-Rodriguez L, Tobler M, Kelley, JL. (2019) Expression analyses of cave mollies (Poecilia mexicana) reveal key genes involved in the early evolution of eye regression. Biology Letters 15(10): 20190554. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2019.0554

We used transcriptomics to analyze early-stage eye regression in cavefish populatons of Poecilia mexicana that are exposed to low/no light.