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Table 1 Trait values for the QTL on LgP07 and LgP17 (Figure 1 )

From: Eye regression in blind Astyanax cavefish may facilitate the evolution of an adaptive behavior and its sensory receptors

     

Evolutionary

 

Trait

Genotypic classes

significance

  

CC

CS

SS

 

LgP07

     
 

Eye size

0.82

0.98

1.03

Adaptive (?)

 

Melanophore #

50.2

32.9

23.4

Neutral

 

Maxillary teeth

2.50

2.60

2.68

Maladaptive

 

Condition factor

1.05

0.98

0.96

Adaptive

 

Weight loss

−0.42

−0.34

−0.33

Maladaptive

 

Anal fin rays

22.2

22.2

21.8

Neutral (?)

 

Depth caudal ped.

0.102

0.102

0.098

Maladaptive (?)

 

Suborbital (SO3) width

0.67

0.63

0.59

Neutral (?)

LgP17

     
 

Eye size (ET)

0.96

0.90

0.81

Maladaptive (?)

 

Eye size (EMT)

1.16

1.11

0.98

Maladaptive (?)

 

Melanophore # (EMT)

40.36

26.74

25.3

Neutral

 

Maxillary teeth

3.07

2.44

2.11

Adaptive

 

Maxillary teeth (ET)

3.99

3.29

3.08

Adaptive

 

Maxillary teeth (EMT)

3.12

2.23

1.90

Adaptive

 

Thoracic ribs

11.8

12.3

13.1

Neutral (?)

  1. CC cave allele homozygote, CS heterozygote, SS surface allele homozygote Trait values for LgP07 were taken from [3]. Trait values for multi-trait QTL were calculated from allelic substitution values in [3] or computed from the original files used for QTL detection [6].