Genome-wide analyses reveal drivers of penguin diversification

• Main Authors: Vianna, Juliana A, Fernandes, Flávia AN, Frugone, María José, Figueiró, Henrique V, Pertierra, Luis R, Noll, Daly, Bi, Ke, Wang-Claypool, Cynthia Y, Lowther, Andrew, Parker, Patricia, Le Bohec, Celine, Bonadonna, Francesco, Wienecke, Barbara, Pistorius, Pierre, Steinfurth, Antje, Burridge, Christopher P, Dantas, Gisele PM, Poulin, Elie, Simison, W Brian, Henderson, Jim, Eizirik, Eduardo, Nery, Mariana F, Bowie, Rauri CK
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: eScholarship, University of California 2020
• Subjects: Climate Action; Animals; Antarctic Regions; Australia; Climate Change; Ecosystem; Evolution; Molecular; Genome; Genome-Wide Association Study; New Zealand; Phylogeny; Selection; Genetic; Spheniscidae; penguin; Antarctica; ancestral niche; ancestral distribution; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Drake Passage; Kya; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://escholarship.org/uc/item/76r3v7c2

Penguins are the only extant family of flightless diving birds. They currently comprise at least 18 species, distributed from polar to tropical environments in the Southern Hemisphere. The history of their diversification and adaptation to these diverse environments remains controversial. We used 22...