Article
The genetic basis for ecological adaptation of the Atlantic herring revealed by genome sequencing.
eLife - 3 May 2016
Martinez Barrio Alvaro, Lamichhaney Sangeet, Fan Guangyi, Rafati Nima, Pettersson Mats, Zhang He, Dainat Jacques, Ekman Diana, Höppner Marc, Jern Patric, Martin Marcel, Nystedt Björn, Liu Xin, Chen Wenbin, Liang Xinming, Shi Chengcheng, Fu Yuanyuan, Ma Kailong, Zhan Xiao, Feng Chungang, Gustafson Ulla, Rubin Carl-Johan, Sällman Almén Markus, Blass Martina, Casini Michele, Folkvord Arild, Laikre Linda, Ryman Nils, Ming-Yuen Lee Simon, Xu Xun, Andersson Leif
Abstract excerpt
Ecological adaptation is of major relevance to speciation and sustainable population management, but the underlying genetic factors are typically hard to study in natural populations due to genetic differentiation caused by natural selection being confounded with genetic drift in subdivided populations. Here, we use whole genome population sequencing of Atlantic and Baltic herring to reveal the underlying genetic...
Topics
- Adaptation, Biological
- Animals
- Atlantic Ocean
- Fishes
- Genetic Variation
- Genetics, Population
- Genomics
- Saline Waters