Blind Mexican Cavefish (1 of 2) (IMAGE)

Florida Atlantic University

Blind Mexican Cavefish (1 of 2)

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About the size of a guppy, the blind Mexican cavefish (Astyanax mexicanus) became trapped in caves hundreds of thousands of years ago, lost its eyes to evolution, and developed many traits that mimic human disease.

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Florida Atlantic University

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