The ornamental fighting fish is the next model organism for genetic studies

GH Yue, L Wang, F Sun, Z Yang, Y Shen… - Reviews in …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The fighting fish Betta splendens is a freshwater species from Thailand and other Southeast
Asian countries. This fish has been domesticated for 1000 years and bred for fighting …

Care and use of Siamese fighting fish (Betta splendens) for research

MR Lichak, JR Barber, YM Kwon… - Comparative …, 2022 - ingentaconnect.com
Betta splendens, also called Siamese fighting fish or'betta,'are a popular species in the
fishkee** hobby. Native to South-east Asia, betta have been selectively bred for their …

Genomic basis of striking fin shapes and colors in the fighting fish

L Wang, F Sun, ZY Wan, B Ye, Y Wen… - Molecular biology …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Resolving the genomic basis underlying phenotypic variations is a question of great
importance in evolutionary biology. However, understanding how genotypes determine the …

Genomic consequences of domestication of the Siamese fighting fish

YM Kwon, N Vranken, C Hoge, MR Lichak… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
Siamese fighting (betta) fish are among the most popular and morphologically diverse pet
fish, but the genetic bases of their domestication and phenotypic diversification are largely …

Genomic architecture and sex chromosome systems of commercially important fish species in Asia–Current status, knowledge gaps and future prospects

K Taslima, K Kikuchi, S Hosoya - Reviews in Aquaculture, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Aquaculture is one of the fastest growing agro‐food industries in the world and Asia
dominates the world's fish production (70% of total) with a high potential to ensure global …

Improved contiguity of the threespine stickleback genome using long-read sequencing

S Nath, DE Shaw, MA White - G3, 2021 - academic.oup.com
While the cost and time for assembling a genome has drastically decreased, it still remains a
challenge to assemble a highly contiguous genome. These challenges are rapidly being …

The genetic architecture of phenotypic diversity in the Betta fish (Betta splendens)

W Zhang, H Wang, DYC Brandt, B Hu, J Sheng… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
The Betta fish displays a remarkable variety of phenotypes selected during domestication.
However, the genetic basis underlying these traits remains largely unexplored. Here, we …

Something Fishy about Siamese Fighting Fish (Betta splendens) Sex: Polygenic Sex Determination or a Newly Emerged Sex-Determining Region?

T Panthum, K Jaisamut, W Singchat, SF Ahmad… - Cells, 2022 - mdpi.com
Fishes provide a unique and intriguing model system for studying the genomic origin and
evolutionary mechanisms underlying sex determination and high sex-chromosome turnover …

[HTML][HTML] Near chromosome-level and highly repetitive genome assembly of the snake pipefish Entelurus aequoreus (Syngnathiformes: Syngnathidae)

M Wolf, BL da Silva Ferrette, RTF Coimbra, M de Jong… - GigaByte, 2024 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The snake pipefish, Entelurus aequoreus (Linnaeus, 1758), is a northern Atlantic fish
inhabiting open seagrass environments that recently expanded its distribution range. Here …

Teaching transposon classification as a means to crowd source the curation of repeat annotation–a tardigrade perspective

V Peona, J Martelossi, D Almojil, J Bocharkina… - Mobile DNA, 2024 - Springer
Background The advancement of sequencing technologies results in the rapid release of
hundreds of new genome assemblies a year providing unprecedented resources for the …