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Genetic mapping of natural variation in schooling tendency in the threespine stickleback.
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- Spontaneous mutant in threespine stickleback connects endosome trafficking disorders and inflammatory bowel diseases via changes in the gut microbiome.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025Article
- Discrete genetic modules underlie divergent reproductive strategies in three-spined stickleback.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025Article
- Collective behavior diverges independently of the benthic-limnetic axis in stickleback.Behavioral ecology and sociobiology · 2025Article
- Fine-scale contemporary recombination variation and its fitness consequences in adaptively diverging stickleback fish.Nature ecology & evolution · 2024Article
- Kinematic analysis of social interactions deconstructs the evolved loss of schooling behavior in cavefish.PloS one · 2022Article
- Extreme intraspecific divergence in mitochondrial haplotypes makes the threespine stickleback fish an emerging evolutionary mutant model for mito-nuclear interactions.Frontiers in genetics · 2022Article
- QTL Mapping of Intestinal Neutrophil Variation in Threespine Stickleback Reveals Possible Gene Targets Connecting Intestinal Inflammation and Systemic Health.G3 (Bethesda, Md.) · 2020Article
- Social environment determines the effect of boldness and activity on survival.Ethology : formerly Zeitschrift fur Tierpsychologie · 2019Article
- TheeLife · 2019Article
- Evolutionary diversity as a catalyst for biological discovery.Integrative zoology · 2018Review
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- Eda haplotypes in three-spined stickleback are associated with variation in immune gene expression.Scientific reports · 2017Article
- The genetic and molecular architecture of phenotypic diversity in sticklebacks.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2017Review
- A standardized method for quantifying consistent individual differences in schooling behaviour.Journal of fish biology · 2017Article
- Understanding how animal groups achieve coordinated movement.The Journal of experimental biology · 2016Review
- Evolution of Schooling Behavior in Threespine Sticklebacks Is Shaped by the Eda Gene.Genetics · 2016Article
- Quantitative trait locus analysis of body shape divergence in nine-spined sticklebacks based on high-density SNP-panel.Scientific reports · 2016Article
- Genomics of Rapid Incipient Speciation in Sympatric Threespine Stickleback.PLoS genetics · 2016Article
- Genetic Architecture of Conspicuous Red Ornaments in Female Threespine Stickleback.G3 (Bethesda, Md.) · 2015Article
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Abstract
Although there is a heritable basis for many animal behaviors, the genetic architecture of behavioral variation in natural populations remains mostly unknown, particularly in vertebrates. We sought to identify the genetic basis for social affiliation in two populations of threespine sticklebacks (Gasterosteus aculeatus) that differ in their propensity to school. Marine sticklebacks from Japan school strongly whereas benthic sticklebacks from a lake in Canada are more solitary. Here, we expanded on our previous efforts to identify quantitative trait loci (QTL) for differences in schooling tendency. We tested fish multiple times in two assays that test different aspects of schooling tendency: 1) the model school assay, which presents fish with a school of eight model sticklebacks; and 2) the choice assay, in which fish are given a choice between the model school and a stationary artificial plant. We found low-to-moderate levels of repeatability, ranging from 0.1 to 0.5, in schooling phenotypes. To identify the genomic regions that contribute to differences in schooling tendency, we used QTL mapping in two types of crosses: benthic × marine backcrosses and an F2 intercross. We found two QTL for time spent with the school in the model school assay, and one QTL for number of approaches to the school in the choice assay. These QTL were on three different linkage groups, not previously linked to behavioral differences in sticklebacks. Our results highlight the importance of using multiple crosses and robust behavioral assays to uncover the genetic basis of behavioral variation in natural populations.
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