Stanford Genome Evolution Center

A new research center at Stanford using zebrafish and sticklebacks to study how new traits and gene functions evolve in vertebrates.

Funded by the NIH Centers of Excellence in Genomic Science (CEGS) initiative.

Research Goals:

Why use fish as model systems?

Zebrafish data:

Expression patterns
Morpholino phenotypes
Duplicated genes
Comparative mapping and conserved synteny
Linkage maps
In Situ Protocols

Stickleback data:

Microsatellite markers
Linkage maps
EST sequences/BLAST search
BAC library
Traits
Physical map
Protocols

People and contact information

Summer Laboratory Course on Biology and Genomics of Sticklebacks and Zebrafish

Other Links:
NIH CEGS program
Other zebrafish sites ZFIN ENSEMBL FUGU NCBI zebrafish page
Other stickleback sites Stickleback research bibliography Fifth International Conference on Stickleback Behaviour and Evolution (August 2006)

Morphological diversity of sticklebacks (modified from Bell and Foster, 1994).

Model for the duplication and divergence of multiple paralogous Hox complexes in vertebrates (modified from Amores et al., 1999).

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