Genetic analysis of bone morphometry and ivory vertebrae in threespine stickleback
. Together, our findings identify genetic loci underlying natural variation in bone microstructure in wild fish and reveal a candidate gene associated with a disease-like skeletal phenotype, highlighting stickleback as a model for studying both evolutionary and pathological bone biology.
Authors
- Veronica C. Behrens (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2006-9350)
- David M. Kingsley (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6401-6461)
- Julia I. Wucherpfennig (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3471-6624)
- David Lee
Institutions
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute (US)
- Stanford University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
- Published
- 2026-04-14
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.04.13.718284
- Primary Topic
- Bone health and treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00