Evolution of schooling behavior in threespine sticklebacks is shaped by the Eda gene

Greenwood, Anna K; Mills, Margaret G; Wark, Abigail R; Archambeault, Sophie Louise; Peichel, Catherine (2016). Evolution of schooling behavior in threespine sticklebacks is shaped by the Eda gene. Genetics, 203(2), pp. 677-681. Genetics Society of America 10.1534/genetics.116.188342

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Despite longstanding interest in the genetic mechanisms that underlie behavioral evolution, very few genes that underlie naturally occurring variation in behavior between individuals or species are known, particularly in vertebrates. Here, we build on our previous forward genetic mapping experiments and use transgenic approaches to identify Ectodysplasin as a gene that causes differences in schooling behavior between wild populations of threespine stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus) fish. This work provides rare insight into the proximate mechanisms that have shaped the evolution of vertebrate behavior.

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