Genomic consequences of domestication of the Siamese fighting fish

Kwon, Young Mi; Vranken, Nathan; Hoge, Carla; Lichak, Madison R; 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 (May 2021). Genomic consequences of domestication of the Siamese fighting fish (bioRxiv). Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory 10.1101/2021.04.29.442030

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Siamese fighting fish, commonly known as betta, are among the world’s most popular and morphologically diverse pet fish, but the genetic processes leading to their domestication and phenotypic diversification are largely unknown. We assembled de novo the genome of a wild Betta splendens and whole-genome sequenced multiple individuals across five species within the B. splendens species complex, including wild populations and domesticated ornamental betta. Given our estimate of the mutation rate from pedigrees, our analyses suggest that betta were domesticated at least 1,000 years ago, centuries earlier than previously thought. Ornamental betta individuals have variable contributions from other Betta species and have also introgressed into wild populations of those species. We identify dmrt1 as the main sex determination gene in ornamental betta but not in wild B. splendens, and find evidence for recent directional selection at the X-allele of the locus. Furthermore, we find genes with signatures of recent, strong selection that have large effects on color in specific parts of the body, or the shape of individual fins, and are almost all unlinked. Our results demonstrate how simple genetic architectures paired with anatomical modularity can lead to vast phenotypic diversity generated during animal domestication, and set the stage for using betta as a modern system for evolutionary genetics.

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