Raptor genomes reveal evolutionary signatures of predatory and nocturnal lifestyles
BACKGROUND: Birds of prey (raptors) are dominant apex predators in terrestrial communities, with hawks (Accipitriformes) and falcons (Falconiformes) hunting by day and owls (Strigiformes) hunting by night. RESULTS: Here, we report new genomes and transcriptomes for 20 species of birds, including 16...
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ftpubmed:oai:pubmedcentral.nih.gov:6714440 2023-05-15T16:08:34+02:00 Raptor genomes reveal evolutionary signatures of predatory and nocturnal lifestyles Cho, Yun Sung Jun, Je Hoon Kim, Jung A Kim, Hak-Min Chung, Oksung Kang, Seung-Gu Park, Jin-Young Kim, Hwa-Jung Kim, Sunghyun Kim, Hee-Jong Jang, Jin-ho Na, Ki-Jeong Kim, Jeongho Park, Seung Gu Lee, Hwang-Yeol Manica, Andrea Mindell, David P. Fuchs, Jérôme Edwards, Jeremy S. Weber, Jessica A. Witt, Christopher C. Yeo, Joo-Hong Kim, Soonok Bhak, Jong 2019-08-29 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6714440/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31464627 https://doi.org/10.1186/s13059-019-1793-1 en eng BioMed Central http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6714440/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31464627 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13059-019-1793-1 © The Author(s). 2019 Open AccessThis article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated. CC0 PDM CC-BY Research Text 2019 ftpubmed https://doi.org/10.1186/s13059-019-1793-1 2019-09-08T00:41:28Z BACKGROUND: Birds of prey (raptors) are dominant apex predators in terrestrial communities, with hawks (Accipitriformes) and falcons (Falconiformes) hunting by day and owls (Strigiformes) hunting by night. RESULTS: Here, we report new genomes and transcriptomes for 20 species of birds, including 16 species of birds of prey, and high-quality reference genomes for the Eurasian eagle-owl (Bubo bubo), oriental scops owl (Otus sunia), eastern buzzard (Buteo japonicus), and common kestrel (Falco tinnunculus). Our extensive genomic analysis and comparisons with non-raptor genomes identify common molecular signatures that underpin anatomical structure and sensory, muscle, circulatory, and respiratory systems related to a predatory lifestyle. Compared with diurnal birds, owls exhibit striking adaptations to the nocturnal environment, including functional trade-offs in the sensory systems, such as loss of color vision genes and selection for enhancement of nocturnal vision and other sensory systems that are convergent with other nocturnal avian orders. Additionally, we find that a suite of genes associated with vision and circadian rhythm are differentially expressed in blood tissue between nocturnal and diurnal raptors, possibly indicating adaptive expression change during the transition to nocturnality. CONCLUSIONS: Overall, raptor genomes show genomic signatures associated with the origin and maintenance of several specialized physiological and morphological features essential to be apex predators. ELECTRONIC SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: The online version of this article (10.1186/s13059-019-1793-1) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users. Text eurasian eagle-owl PubMed Central (PMC) Genome Biology 20 1 |
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BACKGROUND: Birds of prey (raptors) are dominant apex predators in terrestrial communities, with hawks (Accipitriformes) and falcons (Falconiformes) hunting by day and owls (Strigiformes) hunting by night. RESULTS: Here, we report new genomes and transcriptomes for 20 species of birds, including 16 species of birds of prey, and high-quality reference genomes for the Eurasian eagle-owl (Bubo bubo), oriental scops owl (Otus sunia), eastern buzzard (Buteo japonicus), and common kestrel (Falco tinnunculus). Our extensive genomic analysis and comparisons with non-raptor genomes identify common molecular signatures that underpin anatomical structure and sensory, muscle, circulatory, and respiratory systems related to a predatory lifestyle. Compared with diurnal birds, owls exhibit striking adaptations to the nocturnal environment, including functional trade-offs in the sensory systems, such as loss of color vision genes and selection for enhancement of nocturnal vision and other sensory systems that are convergent with other nocturnal avian orders. Additionally, we find that a suite of genes associated with vision and circadian rhythm are differentially expressed in blood tissue between nocturnal and diurnal raptors, possibly indicating adaptive expression change during the transition to nocturnality. CONCLUSIONS: Overall, raptor genomes show genomic signatures associated with the origin and maintenance of several specialized physiological and morphological features essential to be apex predators. ELECTRONIC SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: The online version of this article (10.1186/s13059-019-1793-1) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users. |
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Cho, Yun Sung Jun, Je Hoon Kim, Jung A Kim, Hak-Min Chung, Oksung Kang, Seung-Gu Park, Jin-Young Kim, Hwa-Jung Kim, Sunghyun Kim, Hee-Jong Jang, Jin-ho Na, Ki-Jeong Kim, Jeongho Park, Seung Gu Lee, Hwang-Yeol Manica, Andrea Mindell, David P. Fuchs, Jérôme Edwards, Jeremy S. Weber, Jessica A. Witt, Christopher C. Yeo, Joo-Hong Kim, Soonok Bhak, Jong |
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Cho, Yun Sung Jun, Je Hoon Kim, Jung A Kim, Hak-Min Chung, Oksung Kang, Seung-Gu Park, Jin-Young Kim, Hwa-Jung Kim, Sunghyun Kim, Hee-Jong Jang, Jin-ho Na, Ki-Jeong Kim, Jeongho Park, Seung Gu Lee, Hwang-Yeol Manica, Andrea Mindell, David P. Fuchs, Jérôme Edwards, Jeremy S. Weber, Jessica A. Witt, Christopher C. Yeo, Joo-Hong Kim, Soonok Bhak, Jong |
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Raptor genomes reveal evolutionary signatures of predatory and nocturnal lifestyles |
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Raptor genomes reveal evolutionary signatures of predatory and nocturnal lifestyles |
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Raptor genomes reveal evolutionary signatures of predatory and nocturnal lifestyles |
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Raptor genomes reveal evolutionary signatures of predatory and nocturnal lifestyles |
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Raptor genomes reveal evolutionary signatures of predatory and nocturnal lifestyles |
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raptor genomes reveal evolutionary signatures of predatory and nocturnal lifestyles |
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