Supporting Data for: The genome of the pygmy right whale illuminates the evolution of rorquals ...

• Main Authors: Wolf, Magnus, Zapf, Konstantin, Gupta, Deepak Kumar, Hiller, Michael, Árnason, Ulfur, Janke, Axel
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: Dryad 2022
• Subjects: FOS Biological sciences; Pygmy right whale; Caperea marginata; whole genome sequencing; Phylogenomics; rorquals; positive selection; Cancer resistance; Peto's paradox; genome assembly; de novo genome; baleen whale; whale; Mysticeti; Introgression; Cell biology; Developmental biology; Plant science; General Agricultural and Biological Sciences; General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology; Physiology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; structural biology; Biotechnology; Rorqual; baleen whales
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5061/dryad.9zw3r22j0; https://datadryad.org/stash/dataset/doi:10.5061/dryad.9zw3r22j0

Background Baleen whales are a clade of gigantic and highly specialized marine mammals. Their genomes have been used to investigate their complex evolutionary history and to decipher the molecular mechanisms that allowed them to reach these dimensions. However, many unanswered questions remain, espe...