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Modular skeletal evolution in sticklebacks is controlled by additive and clustered quantitative trait Loci.
Genetics - 1 May 2014
Miller Craig T, Glazer Andrew M, Summers Brian R, Blackman Benjamin K, Norman Andrew R, Shapiro Michael D, Cole Bonnie L, Peichel Catherine L, Schluter Dolph, Kingsley David M
Abstract excerpt
Understanding the genetic architecture of evolutionary change remains a long-standing goal in biology. In vertebrates, skeletal evolution has contributed greatly to adaptation in body form and function in response to changing ecological variables like diet and predation. Here we use genome-wide linkage mapping in threespine stickleback fish to investigate the genetic architecture of evolved changes in many armor...
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