Lake Baikal Endemic Sculpins (Cottoidei): A Promising Model to Study Adaptive Plasticity of Blood Cholesterol Metabolism

We analyzed the blood lipid spectra in four closely related sculpin (Cottoidei) species endemic to Lake Baikal. These data characterize the Baikal sculpins as a set of model organisms for studying the adaptive plasticity of cholesterol metabolism and also mechanisms of resistance to the development of dyslipidemia and atherosclerosis.