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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ftupompeufabra:oai:repositori.upf.edu:10230/34291 2024-04-21T08:10:28+00:00 The novel evolution of the sperm whale genome Warren, Wesley C. Kuderna, Lukas, 1989- Alexander, Alana Catchen, Julian Pérez Silva, José G. López Otín, Carlos Quesada, Víctor Minx, Patrick Tomlinson, Chad Montague, Michael J. Farias, Fabiana Walter, Ronald B. Marquès i Bonet, Tomàs, 1975- Glenn, Travis Kieran, Troy John Wise, Sandra S. Wise, John Pierce Waterhouse, Robert M. application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/10230/34291 https://doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evx187 eng eng Oxford University Press Genome Biology and Evolution. 2017 Dec 1;9(12):3260-4 info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/H2020/742067 Warren WC, Kuderna L, Alexander A, Catchen J, Pérez-Silva JG, López-Otín C et al. The Novel Evolution of the Sperm Whale Genome. Genome Biol Evol. 2017 Dec 1;9(12):3260-4. DOI:10.1093/gbe/evx187 1759-6653 http://hdl.handle.net/10230/34291 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. 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. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Sperm whale genome Cetaceans info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion ftupompeufabra https://doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evx187 2024-03-27T15:46:41Z 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. This work was supported by the National Institute of Health grant 2R24OD011198-04A1 (W.C.W., PI); National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences [ES016893 (J.W. Sr, PI)]; Army Research Office [W911NF-09-1-0296 (J.W. Sr, PI)]; Swiss National Science Foundation grant PP00P3_170664 (R.M.W.); Ministerio of Economia and Competitividad (Spain); and European Union (ERC-Advanced Grant DeAge) (C.L.-O., PI); the Campbell Foundation; the Ocean Foundation; Ocean Alliance; and the many individual and anonymous Wise Laboratory donors. Work was conducted under National Marine Fisheries Service permit #1008-1637-03 (J.W. Sr, PI) and permit #751-1614 (I.K., PI). We thank Kyung Kim for computational support. Article in Journal/Newspaper Physeter macrocephalus Sperm whale toothed whales UPF Digital Repository (Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona) 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. This work was supported by the National Institute of Health grant 2R24OD011198-04A1 (W.C.W., PI); National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences [ES016893 (J.W. Sr, PI)]; Army Research Office [W911NF-09-1-0296 (J.W. Sr, PI)]; Swiss National Science Foundation grant PP00P3_170664 (R.M.W.); Ministerio of Economia and Competitividad (Spain); and European Union (ERC-Advanced Grant DeAge) (C.L.-O., PI); the Campbell Foundation; the Ocean Foundation; Ocean Alliance; and the many individual and anonymous Wise Laboratory donors. Work was conducted under National Marine Fisheries Service permit #1008-1637-03 (J.W. Sr, PI) and permit #751-1614 (I.K., PI). We thank Kyung Kim for computational support. |
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Warren, Wesley C. Kuderna, Lukas, 1989- Alexander, Alana Catchen, Julian Pérez Silva, José G. López Otín, Carlos Quesada, Víctor Minx, Patrick Tomlinson, Chad Montague, Michael J. Farias, Fabiana Walter, Ronald B. Marquès i Bonet, Tomàs, 1975- Glenn, Travis Kieran, Troy John Wise, Sandra S. Wise, John Pierce Waterhouse, Robert M. |
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Genome Biology and Evolution. 2017 Dec 1;9(12):3260-4 info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/H2020/742067 Warren WC, Kuderna L, Alexander A, Catchen J, Pérez-Silva JG, López-Otín C et al. The Novel Evolution of the Sperm Whale Genome. Genome Biol Evol. 2017 Dec 1;9(12):3260-4. DOI:10.1093/gbe/evx187 1759-6653 http://hdl.handle.net/10230/34291 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evx187 |
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© The Author 2017. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution. 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. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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