The Novel Evolution of the Sperm Whale Genome
The sperm whale, made famous by Moby Dick, is one of the most fascinating of all ocean-dwelling species given their unique life history, novel physiological adaptations to hunting squid at extreme ocean depths, and their position as one of the earliest branching toothed whales (Odontoceti). We assem...
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ftpubmed:oai:pubmedcentral.nih.gov:5726484 2023-05-15T17:59:22+02:00 The Novel Evolution of the Sperm Whale Genome Warren, Wesley C Kuderna, Lukas Alexander, Alana Catchen, Julian Pérez-Silva, José G López-Otín, Carlos Quesada, Víctor Minx, Patrick Tomlinson, Chad Montague, Michael J Farias, Fabiana H G Walter, Ronald B Marques-Bonet, Tomas Glenn, Travis Kieran, Troy J Wise, Sandra S Wise, John Pierce Waterhouse, Robert M 2017-09-13 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5726484/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28985367 https://doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evx187 en eng Oxford University Press http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5726484/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28985367 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evx187 © The Author 2017. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. For commercial re-use, please contact journals.permissions@oup.com CC-BY-NC Genome Report Text 2017 ftpubmed https://doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evx187 2017-12-24T01:13:34Z The sperm whale, made famous by Moby Dick, is one of the most fascinating of all ocean-dwelling species given their unique life history, novel physiological adaptations to hunting squid at extreme ocean depths, and their position as one of the earliest branching toothed whales (Odontoceti). We assembled the sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) genome and resequenced individuals from multiple ocean basins to identify new candidate genes for adaptation to an aquatic environment and infer demographic history. Genes crucial for skin integrity appeared to be particularly important in both the sperm whale and other cetaceans. We also find sperm whales experienced a steep population decline during the early Pleistocene epoch. These genomic data add new comparative insight into the evolution of whales. Text Physeter macrocephalus Sperm whale toothed whales PubMed Central (PMC) Genome Biology and Evolution 9 12 3260 3264 |
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The sperm whale, made famous by Moby Dick, is one of the most fascinating of all ocean-dwelling species given their unique life history, novel physiological adaptations to hunting squid at extreme ocean depths, and their position as one of the earliest branching toothed whales (Odontoceti). We assembled the sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) genome and resequenced individuals from multiple ocean basins to identify new candidate genes for adaptation to an aquatic environment and infer demographic history. Genes crucial for skin integrity appeared to be particularly important in both the sperm whale and other cetaceans. We also find sperm whales experienced a steep population decline during the early Pleistocene epoch. These genomic data add new comparative insight into the evolution of whales. |
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Warren, Wesley C Kuderna, Lukas Alexander, Alana Catchen, Julian Pérez-Silva, José G López-Otín, Carlos Quesada, Víctor Minx, Patrick Tomlinson, Chad Montague, Michael J Farias, Fabiana H G Walter, Ronald B Marques-Bonet, Tomas Glenn, Travis Kieran, Troy J Wise, Sandra S Wise, John Pierce Waterhouse, Robert M |
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The Novel Evolution of the Sperm Whale Genome |
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© The Author 2017. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. For commercial re-use, please contact journals.permissions@oup.com |
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