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Owen W. North

Texas A&M University

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Evolutionary Biology· 2 Neuroscience· 1

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Approach:experimental assay· 2 Assay:behavioral assay· 1 Research Focus:chromatin & epigenetic regulation· 1 Research Focus:development & morphogenesis· 1 Organism:mouse· 1 Approach:statistical model· 1 Organism:zebrafish· 1

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Aakriti RastogiiD· 3 shared Alex C. KeeneiD· 3 shared Johanna E. KowalkoiD· 3 shared Aubrey E. Manning· 2 shared Morgan O’Gorman· 2 shared Nicolas RohneriD· 2 shared Pierce HuttoniD· 2 shared Suzanne E. McGaughiD· 2 shared

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Cave evolution on repeat: reuse of the same genomic regions across lineages but not across traits in Astyanax mexicanus

Emilie J. Richards, Rachel L. Moran, Jonathan Wiese, Morgan O’Gorman, Pierce Hutton, Aakriti Rastogi, Owen W. North, Aubrey E. Manning, Emma Y. Roback, Johanna E. Kowalko, Nicolas Rohner, Alex C. Keene, Suzanne E. McGaugh

The paper investigates genetic repeatability in cavefish traits using QTL mapping, finding shared genomic regions for eye loss but less repeatability for sleep and metabolic traits.

bioRxiv · Feb 3, 2026 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology

Widespread loss of sleep in independently evolved populations of wild-caught cavefish

Owen W. North, Lourdes Citlalli Maza-Castañeda, Aubrey E. Manning, Aakriti Rastogi, Andrew G. Gluesenkamp, Leah Gluesenkamp, Nathan E. Swanson, Jorge Hernández-Lozano, Marco A Garduño-Sánchez, Jesús Alberto Díaz-Cruz, Johanna E. Kowalko, Suzanne E. McGaugh, Claudia Patricia Ornelas‐García, Alex C. Keene

This study examines sleep loss in cavefish populations and finds it is widespread and evolutionarily convergent across multiple lineages.

iScience · Nov 5, 2025Peer-reviewedEvolutionary Biology

Postprandial sleep in short-sleeping Mexican cavefish

Kathryn Gallman, Aakriti Rastogi, Owen W. North, Morgan O’Gorman, Pierce Hutton, Evan Lloyd, Wesley C. Warren, Johanna E. Kowalko, Erik R. Duboué, Nicolas Rohner, Alex C. Keene

The paper investigates postprandial sleep in Mexican cavefish and surface fish, finding that larvae exhibit postprandial sleep while adults do not, suggesting its role in energy conservation.

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A Ecological and Integrative Physiology · Nov 13, 2024Peer-reviewedNeuroscience