Heat‐shock proteins (Hsps) and their cognates are primary mitigators of cell stress. With
increasingly severe impacts of climate change and other human modifications of the …

Wild animals and plants have developed a variety of adaptive traits driven by adaptive
evolution, an important strategy for species survival and persistence. Uncovering the …

For over a thousand years, the common goldfish (Carassius auratus) was raised throughout
Asia for food and as an ornamental pet. As a very close relative of the common carp …

High-throughput sequencing technologies have been extensively applied to genetics and
breeding in the aquaculture industry. To date, many aquaculture animal genomes have …

Transposable elements (TEs) are genomic sequences that can move, multiply, and often
form sizable fractions of vertebrate genomes. Fish belong to a unique group of vertebrates …

The genetic origin of novel traits is a central but challenging puzzle in evolutionary biology.
Among snakes, phospholipase A2 (PLA 2)-related toxins have evolved in different lineages …

Background Cypriniformes (minnows, carps, loaches, and suckers) is the largest group of
freshwater fishes in the world (~ 4300 described species). Despite much attention, previous …

Background The grass carp has great economic value and occupies an important
evolutionary position. Genomic information regarding this species could help better …

Background Cavefish populations belonging to the Mexican tetra species Astyanax
mexicanus are outstanding models to study the tempo and mode of adaptation to a radical …

Vertebrate pigmentation patterns are amongst the best characterised model systems for
studying the genetic basis of adaptive evolution. The wealth of available data on the genetic …