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Alexander A. Pollen

Stanford Medicine

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Rapid and repeated evolution of myosin copy number in threespine stickleback

Alyssa M Yoxsimer, Rhea R. Daugherty, Emily E. Hare, Yingguang Frank Chan, Felicity C. Jones, Garrett A. Roberts Kingman, Emma Offenberg, Timothy R. Howes, Haili Zhang, Alexander A. Pollen, Shannon D. Brady, Kathleen T. Xie, Heidi I. Chen, Craig B. Lowe, Eric H. Au, , David M. Kingsley

The paper shows that freshwater threespine stickleback fish have evolved expanded copies of the MYH3C gene family, which is linked to muscle development and adaptive divergence from marine populations.

Current Biology · Mar 24, 2026Peer-reviewedEvolutionary Biology