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Sensory Adaptations of Fishes to Subterranean Environments by Soares, Daphne, Niemiller, Matthew L

“…Caves and other subterranean habitats represent one of the most challenging environments on the planet. Other than salamanders, bony fishes are the only…”
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Evolution of a Behavioral Shift Mediated by Superficial Neuromasts Helps Cavefish Find Food in Darkness by Yoshizawa, Masato, Gorički, Špela, Soares, Daphne, Jeffery, William R.

“…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…”
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Adaptive shift of active electroreception in weakly electric fish for troglobitic life by Soares, Daphne, Gallman, Kathryn, Bichuette, Maria Elina, Fortune, Eric S.

“…The adaptive-shift hypothesis for the evolution of cave-dwelling species posits that ancestor species in surface habitats had exaptations for subterranean life…”
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Aerial jumping in the Trinidadian guppy (Poecilia reticulata) by Soares, Daphne, Bierman, Hilary S

“…Many fishes are able to jump out of the water and launch themselves into the air. Such behavior has been connected with prey capture, migration and predator…”
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Spooky Interaction at a Distance in Cave and Surface Dwelling Electric Fishes by Fortune, Eric S, Andanar, Nicole, Madhav, Manu, Jayakumar, Ravikrishnan P, Cowan, Noah J, Bichuette, Maria Elina, Soares, Daphne

“…Glass knifefish ( ) are a group of weakly electric fishes found throughout the Amazon basin. Their electric organ discharges (EODs) are energetically costly…”
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Troglomorphic features of Astroblepus pholeter, a cavefish from Ecuador, and possible introgressive hybridization by Espinasa, Luis, Robinson, Jenna, Soares, Daphne, Hoese, Geoffrey, Toulkeridis, Theofilos, Toomey III, Rickard

“…Cave organisms are often characterized by reduced pigmentation, eyesight, and enhanced mechanosensory functions. The stygobitic catfish Astroblepuspholeter is…”
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Evolution of coprophagy and nutrient absorption in a Cave Salamander by Soares, Daphne, Adams, Rachel, Hammond, Shea, Slay, Michael E., Fenolio, Danté B., Niemiller, Matthew L.

“…The transition from carnivory to omnivory is poorly understood. The ability to feed at more than one trophic level theoretically increases an animal’s fitness…”
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Interaural timing difference circuits in the auditory brainstem of the emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae) by MacLeod, Katrina M., Soares, Daphne, Carr, Catherine E.

“…In the auditory system, precise encoding of temporal information is critical for sound localization, a task with direct behavioral relevance. Interaural timing…”
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The cytoarchitecture of the nucleus angularis of the barn owl (Tyto alba) by Soares, Daphne, Carr, Catherine E.

“…The cochlear nucleus angularis (NA) of the barn owl (Tyto alba) was analyzed using Golgi, Nissl, and tract tracing techniques. NA forms a column of cells in…”
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Intrinsic Neuronal Properties of the Chick Nucleus Angularis by Soares, Daphne, Chitwood, Raymond A, Hyson, Richard L, Carr, Catherine E

“…  1 Department of Biology, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20740-4415;   2 Division of Neuroscience, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas…”
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Retinal morphology in Astyanax mexicanus during eye degeneration by Emam, Amany, Yoffe, Marina, Cardona, Henry, Soares, Daphne

“…The teleost Astyanax mexicanus is one species extant in two readily available forms. One that lives in Mexican rivers and various convergent forms that live in…”
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Bony labyrinth morphometry reveals hidden diversity in lungless salamanders (Family Plethodontidae): Structural correlates of ecology, development, and vision in the inner ear by Capshaw, Grace, Soares, Daphne, Carr, Catherine E.

“…Lungless salamanders (Family Plethodontidae) form a highly speciose group that has undergone spectacular adaptive radiation to colonize a multitude of…”
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Extreme Adaptation in Caves by Soares, Daphne, Niemiller, Matthew L.

“…ABSTRACT Cave adaptation leads to unique anatomical specializations in many taxonomic groups. As the role of vision is reduced or disappears in a subterranean…”
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Differences in behavior between surface and cave Astyanax mexicanus may be mediated by changes in catecholamine signaling by Gallman, Kathryn, Fortune, Eric, Rivera, Daihana, Soares, Daphne

“…Astyanax mexicanus is a teleost fish that is in the process of allopatric speciation. Ancestral Astyanax are found in surface rivers and derived blind forms…”
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Evolutionary and homeostatic changes in morphology of visual dendrites of Mauthner cells in Astyanax blind cavefish by Tanvir, Zainab, Rivera, Daihana, Severi, Kristen E., Haspel, Gal, Soares, Daphne

“…Mauthner cells are the largest neurons in the hindbrain of teleost fish and most amphibians. Each cell has two major dendrites thought to receive segregated…”
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An ancient sensory organ in crocodilians by SOARES, Daphne

“…Crocodilians hunt at night, waiting half-submergerd for land-bound prey to disturb the water surface. Soares shows that crocodilians have specialized sensory…”
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Sensorimotor Transformations in the Zebrafish Auditory System by Privat, Martin, Romano, Sebastián A., Pietri, Thomas, Jouary, Adrien, Boulanger-Weill, Jonathan, Elbaz, Nicolas, Duchemin, Auriane, Soares, Daphne, Sumbre, Germán

“…Organisms use their sensory systems to acquire information from their environment and integrate this information to produce relevant behaviors. Nevertheless,…”
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The optokinetic reflex as a tool for quantitative analyses of nervous system function in mice: application to genetic and drug-induced variation by Cahill, Hugh, Nathans, Jeremy

“…The optokinetic reflex (OKR), which serves to stabilize a moving image on the retina, is a behavioral response that has many favorable attributes as a test of…”
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Tetrapod-like pelvic girdle in a walking cavefish by Flammang, Brooke E., Suvarnaraksha, Apinun, Markiewicz, Julie, Soares, Daphne

“…Fishes have adapted a number of different behaviors to move out of the water, but none have been described as being able to walk on land with a tetrapod-like…”
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Do cavefish larvae see their prey? by Daphne, Soares

“…Abstract only…”
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