Goldfish phenomics reveals commonalities and a lack of universality in the domestication process for ornamentation.

ABSTRACT: Domestication process effects are manifold, affecting genotype and phenotype, and assumed to be universal in animals by part of the scientific community. While mammals and birds have been thoroughly investigated, from taming to intensive selective breeding, fish domestication remains comparatively unstudied. The most widely bred and traded ornamental fish species worldwide, the goldfish, underwent the effect of long-term artificial selection on differing skeletal and soft tissue modules through ornamental domestication. Here, we provide a global morphological analysis in this emblematic ornamental domesticated fish. We demonstrate that goldfish exhibit unique morphological innovations in whole-body, cranial, and sensory (Weberian ossicles and brain) anatomy compared to their evolutionary c

SUBMITTER: Le Verger K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11637523 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature