Phenotypic data, elemental composition and photographs of three-spined sticklebacks from quantitative trait locus (QTL) experiments

This dataset contains phenotypic information for three-spined stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus) that were raised from a single marine x freshwater cross from populations on North Uist, Scottish Outer Hebrides for approximately 5 generations in a freshwater pond in Nottinghamshire, UK. The fish were then used in a quantitative trait loci (QTL) experiment to determine the genomic regions associated with various phenotypic traits in the fish. The phenotypic information includes body length, body weight, sex, whether species of the parasite Schistocephalus was observed in the body cavity, and the composition of the body of the fish (determined by ICPMass Spectromotry) including the following elements: B, Na, Mg, P, S, K, Ca, Ti, Li, Be, Al, V , Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, As, Se, Rb, Sr, Mo, Ag, Cd, Cs, Ba, Tl, Pb, U Full details about this nonGeographicDataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/e7797949-8b96-423e-870e-69e8314dbe90

Date (Publication): 2025-03-21

Date (Creation): 2024-07-22

Citation identifier: https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/e7797949-8b96-423e-870e-69e8314dbe90

Citation identifier: doi: / 10.5285/e7797949-8b96-423e-870e-69e8314dbe90

Other citation details: Dean, L., MacColl, A.D.C.M. (2025). Phenotypic data, elemental composition and photographs of three-spined sticklebacks from quantitative trait locus (QTL) experiments. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre 10.5285/e7797949-8b96-423e-870e-69e8314dbe90

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University of Nottingham	Dean, L.	laura.dean@nottingham.ac.uk	Author
University of Nottingham	Dean, L.	laura.dean@nottingham.ac.uk	Point of contact
University of Nottingham	MacColl, A.D.C.M.	andrew.maccoll@nottingham.ac.uk	Author
NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre		info@eidc.ac.uk	Custodian
NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre		info@eidc.ac.uk	Publisher
University of Nottingham		EMAIL NOT PROVIDED	Owner

Keywords

Phenotypic plasticity
bony armour
stickleback
phenotype
fish
morphology
Gasterosteus aculeatus

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Other constraints: If you reuse this data, you should cite: Dean, L., MacColl, A.D.C.M. (2025). Phenotypic data, elemental composition and photographs of three-spined sticklebacks from quantitative trait locus (QTL) experiments. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/e7797949-8b96-423e-870e-69e8314dbe90

Language: English

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Title: Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services

Date (Publication): 2010-12-08

Statement: Data were collected between October and December 2022 in Aquaria at the University Park campus of the University of Nottingham. Fish were euthanised using an overdose of anaesthetic (MS222). Each fish was blotted to remove excess water, photographed using a Nikon digital SLR camera, weighed to the nearest milligram using a fine balance, and fish length was measured (from the tip of the snout to the tip of the caudal peduncle) to the nearest millimetre using handheld callipers. Fish heads were removed by dissection, sex was determined by dissection of the body and the body was then freeze dried and used to determine the elemental composition of the individual using Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS).

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Date stamp: 2025-11-21T09:56:00

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NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre		info@eidc.ac.uk	Point of contact

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