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dc.contributor.authorKlepaker, Tom
dc.contributor.authorØstbye, Kjartan
dc.contributor.authorBell, Michael A.
dc.date.accessioned2014-02-04T10:01:10Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.identifier.citationKlepaker, T. O., Østbye, K., & Bell, M. A. (2013). Regressive evolution of the pelvic complex in stickleback fishes: a study of convergent evolution. Evolutionary Ecology Research, 15(4), 413-435.no_NO
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11250/134652
dc.description.abstractBackground: Regressive evolution of the pelvic complex has been observed in populations of three of five stickleback genera, Gasterosteus, Pungitius, and Culaea, from young freshwater habitats (<18,000 years old). It has been hypothesized to be selected for by ion limitation, lack of predation by fishes, and increased predation by large aquatic insects. Stickleback pelvic reduction is often caused by deletion mutations of the Pitx1 gene, which prevent its expression during pelvic development. Lack of Pitx1 expression may be partly compensated for by Pitx2, which is preferentially expressed on the left side of the body, causing the left pelvic vestige to be larger than the right. Thus, left-biased directional asymmetry of pelvic vestiges implicates null Pitx1 alleles. Aim: Review the geographical patterns of pelvic variation in the three stickleback genera and consider their implications for hypotheses regarding the genetics and evolution of pelvic reduction in the Gasterosteidae. Data: We review published data on pelvic reduction and add previously unpublished information from populations in Scotland and Norway. Methods: We assign individual stickleback to one of three pelvic phenotypes – normal, vestigial, and lost pelvis – and explore the distribution of these three broad classes among populations. We study bilateral symmetry of the pelvis by scoring pelvic phenotypes on the left and right sides. Results: Pelvic reduction is rare in sticklebacks and occurs only in fresh water. Sticklebacks with pelvic reduction tend to occur in the western and northern parts of their ranges in Eurasia and North America, but this pattern is less evident for the ninespine stickleback. Pelvic phenotype frequency distributions within populations differ among stickleback genera. The vestigial pelvic phenotype dominates in many populations of Gasterosteus aculeatus, rarely in Pungitius, and never in Culaea inconstans. In Culaea, the lost and normal pelvic phenotypes are often dimorphic, but a vestigial pelvis is rare. This dimorphism does not occur in the other two genera. Monomorphism of the lost pelvic phenotype does not occur in Gasterosteus, and is rare in the other two genera. Asymmetry of pelvic vestiges is common in all three genera, but left-larger directional asymmetry predominates only in Gasterosteus. This bias could be due to the suggested regulatory mutation in the Pitx1 gene and/or mutations in downstream targets of Pitx1, and suggests involvement of other genes for pelvic reduction in the other genera.no_NO
dc.language.isoengno_NO
dc.publisherEvolutionary Ecologyno_NO
dc.subjectconvergent evolutionno_NO
dc.subjectdirectional asymmetryno_NO
dc.subjectGasterosteidaeno_NO
dc.subjectpelvic reductionno_NO
dc.subjectregressive evolutionno_NO
dc.subjectsticklebackno_NO
dc.titleRegressive evolution of the pelvic complex in stickleback fishes: a study of convergent evolutionno_NO
dc.typeJournal articleno_NO
dc.typePeer reviewedno_NO
dc.subject.nsiVDP::Agriculture and fishery disciplines: 900::Fisheries science: 920no_NO
dc.description.embargo2014-08-31
dc.source.pagenumber413-435no_NO
dc.source.volume15no_NO
dc.source.journalEvolutionary Ecology Researchno_NO
dc.source.issue4no_NO


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