Highlighting the importance of the sticklebacks as a model species in fields like molecular genetics, genomics, and environmental toxicology, this title presents the review of the fish in biological research in more than a decade. It provides reviews from researchers who use studies of the stickleback to address a wide range of biological issues.

Highlighting the growing importance of the sticklebacks as a model species in emerging fields like molecular genetics, genomics, and environmental toxicology, this is the first comprehensive review of this important fish in biological research in more than a decade. This state-of-the-art volume provides reviews from active researchers who use studies of the stickleback to address a wide range of biological issues. Providing cutting-edge data, it presents what is currently known about the geographic and genetic variation within each genus and species of stickleback fish and explores the possibility of any subdivision within currently recognized species.

"? introduce(s) 11 contributed chapters that examine the dramatic structural and behavioral differences in naturally isolated stickleback populations in light of the latest genetic mapping studies. ?" - In Book News Inc., June 2007 "Biology of the Three-Spined Stickleback includes a good selection of important topics and some well-conceived and well-written reviews." - Michael A. Bell, Ecology & Evolution, Stony Brook University, in The Quarterly Review of Biology, June 2008, Vol. 83, No. 2