Article
A low-density SNP array for analyzing differential selection in freshwater and marine populations of threespine stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus).
BMC genomics - 6 Oct 2014
Ferchaud Anne-Laure, Pedersen Susanne H, Bekkevold Dorte, Jian Jianbo, Niu Yongchao, Hansen Michael M
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The threespine stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus) has become an important model species for studying both contemporary and parallel evolution. In particular, differential adaptation to freshwater and marine environments has led to high differentiation between freshwater and marine stickleback populations at the phenotypic trait of lateral plate morphology and the underlying candidate gene...
Topics
- Adaptation, Physiological
- Animals
- Biological Evolution
- Ectodysplasins
- Fresh Water
- Genetic Variation
- Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis
- Phenotype
- Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
- Seawater