Analysis of the FGF gene family provides insights into aquatic adaptation in cetaceans

• Published in: Scientific Reports
• Main Authors: Nam, Ki Woong, Lee, Kyeong Won, Chung, Oksung, Yim, Hyung-Soon, Cha, Sun-Shin, Lee, Sae-Won, Jun, Jehoon, Cho, Yun Sung, Bhak, Jong, de Magalhaes, Joao Pedro, Lee, Jung-Hyun, Jeong, Jae-Yeon
• Other Authors: Diversité, Génomes & Interactions Microorganismes - Insectes Montpellier (DGIMI), Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Université Montpellier 2 - Sciences et Techniques (UM2)-Université de Montpellier (UM), Marine Biotechnology Research Center, Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology (KIOST), Personal Genomics Institute, Genome Research Foundation, Department of Marine Biotechnology, Korea University of Science and Technology, Department of Chemistry and Nano Science, EWHA Womans University (EWHA), Biomedical Research Institute and IRICT, Seoul National University Hospital, Biomedical Engineering Department, King‘s College London, Institute of Integrative Biology, Korea Institute of Ocean Science & Technology (KIOST) PE99413); National Research Foundation of Korea NRF-2015R1A2A2A01004168, Reference genomes building and application for large scale population genomics' Research Fund of Ulsan National Institute of Science & Technology (UINST) 1.160003.01
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2017
• Subjects: cetacean; whale; cetace; densité osseuse; baleine; milieu aquatique; séquençage du génome; physiologie animale; pseudogénisation; [SDE.BE]Environmental Sciences/Biodiversity and Ecology; Baleine; Fin whale
• Online Access: https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01605138; https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01605138/document; https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01605138/file/2017_Nam_Scientific%20Reports_1.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1038/srep40233

Cetacean body structure and physiology exhibit dramatic adaptations to their aquatic environment. Fibroblast growth factors (FGFs) are a family of essential factors that regulate animal development and physiology; however, their role in cetacean evolution is not clearly understood. Here, we sequence...