Sticklebacks and humans walk hand in fin to lighter skin.
In this issue, Miller et al. (2007) show that evolution makes repeated use of the same genes to produce light pigmentation in animals as divergent as stickleback fish and humans. This study indicates that analyzing parallel evolution at the genetic level could help to answer a number of outstanding questions in evolutionary genetics.
Boughman
Janette W
JW
Department of Zoology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706, USA. jboughman@wisc.edu
D000818:Animals; D019143:Evolution, Molecular; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D006801:Humans; D009154:Mutation; D012641:Selection, Genetic; D012880:Skin Pigmentation / Q000235:genetics*; D023701:Smegmamorpha / Q000235:genetics*; D019089:Stem Cell Factor / Q000235:genetics*
D019089:Stem Cell Factor