Kwon, Young Mi; Vranken, Nathan; Hoge, Carla; Lichak, Madison R; Norovich, Amy L; Francis, Kerel X; Camacho-Garcia, Julia; Bista, Iliana; Wood, Jonathan; McCarthy, Shane; Chow, William; Tan, Heok Hui; Howe, Kerstin; Bandara, Sepalika; von Lintig, Johannes; Rüber, Lukas; Durbin, Richard; Svardal, Hannes; Bendesky, Andres (2022). Genomic consequences of domestication of the Siamese fighting fish. Science Advances, 8(10), eabm4950. American Association for the Advancement of Science 10.1126/sciadv.abm4950
Full text not available from this repository. (Request a copy)Siamese fighting (betta) fish are among the most popular and morphologically diverse pet fish, but the genetic bases of their domestication and phenotypic diversification are largely unknown. We assembled de novo the genome of a wild Betta splendens and whole-genome sequenced 98 individuals across five closely related species. We find evidence of bidirectional hybridization between domesticated ornamental betta and other wild Betta species. We discover dmrt1 as the main sex determination gene in ornamental betta and that it has lower penetrance in wild B. splendens. Furthermore, we find genes with signatures of recent, strong selection that have large effects on color in specific parts of the body or on the shape of individual fins and that most are unlinked. Our results demonstrate how simple genetic architectures paired with anatomical modularity can lead to vast phenotypic diversity generated during animal domestication and launch betta as a powerful new system for evolutionary genetics.
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Journal Article (Original Article) |
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Division/Institute: |
08 Faculty of Science > Department of Biology > Institute of Ecology and Evolution (IEE) |
UniBE Contributor: |
Rüber, Lukas |
Subjects: |
500 Science > 570 Life sciences; biology |
ISSN: |
2375-2548 |
Publisher: |
American Association for the Advancement of Science |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Pubmed Import |
Date Deposited: |
11 Mar 2022 09:40 |
Last Modified: |
05 Dec 2022 16:14 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.1126/sciadv.abm4950 |
PubMed ID: |
35263139 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/167233 |
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