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Annual Review of Genomics and Human Genetics

Volume 22, 2021

Threespine Stickleback: A Model System For Evolutionary Genomics

Abstract

The repeated adaptation of oceanic threespine sticklebacks to fresh water has made it a premier organism to study parallel evolution. These small fish have multiple distinct ecotypes that display a wide range of diverse phenotypic traits. Ecotypes are easily crossed in the laboratory, and families are large and develop quickly enough for quantitative trait locus analyses, positioning the threespine stickleback as a versatile model organism to address a wide range of biological questions. Extensive genomic resources, including linkage maps, a high-quality reference genome, and developmental genetics tools have led to insights into the genomic basis of adaptation and the identification of genomic changes controlling traits in vertebrates. Recently, threespine sticklebacks have been used as a model system to identify the genomic basis of highly complex traits, such as behavior and host–microbiome and host–parasite interactions. We review the latest findings and new avenues of research that have led the threespine stickleback to be considered a supermodel of evolutionary genomics.

Keyword(s): behavior, Gasterosteus aculeatus, genetic architecture, host–microbiome interactions, parasites, rapid parallel adaptation, standing genetic variation, vertebrate evolution
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