{"id":5482,"date":"2017-04-18T17:00:15","date_gmt":"2017-04-18T21:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/?p=5482"},"modified":"2017-04-18T17:00:15","modified_gmt":"2017-04-18T21:00:15","slug":"how-distantly-related-populations-of-sticklebacks-evolved-the-same-solution-to-their-unique-environments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/how-distantly-related-populations-of-sticklebacks-evolved-the-same-solution-to-their-unique-environments\/","title":{"rendered":"How distantly-related populations of sticklebacks evolved the same solution to their unique environments <img src=\"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/canada_flag_icon_small.gif\">"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_5483\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5483\" class=\"wp-image-5483\" src=\"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/unnamed-9-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"A three-spined stickleback in &quot;blackwater&quot; saturated with tannins at Drizzle lake. (Image by Thomas E. Reimchen)\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/unnamed-9-1024x576.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/unnamed-9-300x168.jpg 300w, http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/unnamed-9.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-5483\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A three-spined stickleback in &#8220;blackwater&#8221; saturated with tannins at Drizzle lake. <em>(Image by Thomas E. Reimchen)<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p>Three-spined stickleback fish have inhabited freshwater lakes in the Haida Gwaii archipelago off the coast of British Columbia for thousands of years. A new study that combines genetic analysis with a 19-year-long selection experiment tells the story of how the sticklebacks evolved to adapt their vision to each of their unique lakewater conditions. Some of the lakes are &#8220;clearwater,&#8221; where light easily passes through the water; lakes can also be &#8220;blackwater,&#8221; in which most of the visible light is absorbed by dissolved tannins, creating darkness underwater. Researchers tracked the evolution of a specific gene thought to be responsible for light sensitivity in populations of marine, blackwater, and clearwater sticklebacks, to see where adaptations to specific light conditions occurred.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Authors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>David A. Marques, John S. Taylor, Felicity C. Jones, Federica Di Palma, David M. Kingsley, Thomas E. Reimchen<\/p>\n<p><strong>Corresponding author: <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>David Marques, Department of Biology, University of Victoria, Email: <a href=\"mailto:davidmarques@uvic.ca\" target=\"_blank\">davidmarques@uvic.ca<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/journals.plos.org\/plosbiology\/article?id=10.1371\/journal.pbio.2001627\" target=\"_blank\">Original paper<\/a> published in <em>PLOS Biology<\/em> on April 11, 2017.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three-spined stickleback fish have inhabited freshwater lakes in the Haida Gwaii archipelago off the coast of British Columbia for thousands of years. A new study that combines genetic analysis with a 19-year-long selection experiment tells the story of how the sticklebacks evolved to adapt their vision to each of their unique lakewater conditions. 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