Article
Nine-spined stickleback (Pungitius pungitius): an emerging model for evolutionary biology research.
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences - 1 Jun 2013
Merilä Juha
Abstract excerpt
The nine-spined stickleback (Pungitius pungitius) is emerging as a model for evolutionary biology, genetic, and behavioral research in the wake of its better-known relative, the three-spined stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus). This interest has been fed by its fascinating biological features, such as the repeated evolution of similar phenotypes in isolated pond populations. A large body of recent research has...
Topics
- Adaptation, Physiological
- Animals
- Behavior, Animal
- Biological Evolution
- Body Size
- Ecology
- Fishes
- Genetic Variation
- Models, Biological
- Models, Genetic
- Phenotype
- Predatory Behavior