Reproductive seasonality of <i>Astyanax mexicanus</i> cavefish

Luis Espinasa; Nicolas Rohner; Sylvie Rétaux

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Luis Espinasa, Nicolas Rohner, Sylvie Rétaux. Reproductive seasonality of Astyanax mexicanus cavefish. Zoological Research, 2023, 44(4): 698-700. doi: 10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2022.164

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Luis Espinasa, Nicolas Rohner, Sylvie Rétaux. Reproductive seasonality of Astyanax mexicanus cavefish. Zoological Research, 2023, 44(4): 698-700. doi: 10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2022.164

Luis Espinasa, Nicolas Rohner, Sylvie Rétaux. Reproductive seasonality of Astyanax mexicanus cavefish. Zoological Research, 2023, 44(4): 698-700. doi: 10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2022.164

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Luis Espinasa, Nicolas Rohner, Sylvie Rétaux. Reproductive seasonality of Astyanax mexicanus cavefish. Zoological Research, 2023, 44(4): 698-700. doi: 10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2022.164

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Reproductive seasonality of Astyanax mexicanus cavefish

doi: 10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2022.164

Luis Espinasa^{1
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Nicolas Rohner^{2, 3, #},
Sylvie Rétaux^{4, #}

1.
School of Science, Marist College, Poughkeepsie, NY 12601, USA
2.
Stowers Institute for Medical Research, Kansas City, MO 64110, USA
3.
Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS 66160, USA
4.
Paris-Saclay Institute of Neuroscience, CNRS and Université Paris-Saclay, Saclay 91400, France

The collection permit (#SGPA/DGVS/02438/16) was obtained from SEMARNAT (México) by Patricia Ornelas García.
The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
L.E. designed the study, collected and analyzed the data, and wrote the first draft of the manuscript. N.R. and S.R. participated in field trips. All authors obtained funding for the study and contributed substantially to revisions. All authors read and approved the final version of the manuscript.
#Authors contributed equally to this work

Funds: This study was supported by Marist College and its School of Science (to L.E.), an ANR grant (BLINDTEST), an FRM grant (Equipe FRM) (to S.R.), and a collaborative exchange program (Ecos-Nord) to S.R. and Patricia Ornelas-Garcia

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Corresponding author: E-mail: luis.espinasa@marist.edu
Received Date: 2022-08-30
Accepted Date: 2022-11-18

Published Online: 2022-11-17

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