Background: Sensory bias models explaining the evolution of sexually selected traits predict
that trait preferences evolve as an artifact of a pre-existing preference for certain …

The Gasterostidae fish family hosts several species that are important models for eco-
evolutionary, genetic and genomic research. In particular, a wealth of genetic and genomic …

Fish can have strong predatory impacts on aquatic food webs. Indeed, fish are known to
have strong effects on amphibians, with some species being excluded from communities …

The complete mitochondrial genome of the nine-spined stickleback Pungitius pungitius was
obtained with Illumina sequencing of genomic DNA. The assembled mitogenome sequence …

Background: Many fishes have evolved long bodies. Decades of research have uncovered
substantial variability in body form within the threespine stickleback (Gasterosteus …

Molecular and morphological data were used to explore evolutionary differentiation among
populations of Nothobranchius in the Lake Malawi–upper Shire River and the Lakes Chilwa …

Both effective population size and life history may influence the efficacy of purifying
selection, but it remains unclear if the environment affects the accumulation of weakly …

Studies of animal color patterns have provided important insights into the nature of evolution
and adaptation. Coloration may be the target of multiple evolutionary processes, including …

In adaptive radiations, single lineages rapidly diversify by adapting to many new niches.
Little is known yet about the genomic mechanisms involved, that is, the source of genetic …

Great deal of present-day research in biology is based on genomic data that are processed
and analyzed in 13 the context of a linear reference genome. Typical examples of this are …