J. A. Mee

Pelvic spine reduction affects diet but not gill raker morphology in two polymorphic brook stickleback (Culaea inconstans) populations

The paper examines diet and gill raker morphology differences in brook stickleback with pelvic spine polymorphism, finding diet differences but no consistent gill raker morphology changes.

Conditionally deleterious mutation load accumulates in genomic islands but can be purged with sufficient genotypic redundancy

The paper shows that conditionally deleterious mutations accumulate near adaptive loci in genomic islands but can be purged with genotypic redundancy through simulations.

Convergent recruitment of Amh as the sex determination gene in two lineages of stickleback fish

The paper identifies AmhY as the master sex determination gene in brook stickleback, showing convergent recruitment of Amh in two lineages of stickleback and across teleosts.

Parallel and non-parallel divergence within polymorphic populations of brook stickleback, Culaea inconstans (Actinopterygii: Gasterosteidae)

The paper examines parallel divergence in brook stickleback populations, finding non-parallel ecological consequences of pelvic spine reduction compared to threespine stickleback.

Unpacking conditional neutrality: genomic signatures of selection on conditionally beneficial and conditionally deleterious mutations

This paper shows that conditionally deleterious mutations can mimic local adaptation signals in genomes, challenging traditional interpretations of adaptation signatures.