The Novel Evolution of the Sperm Whale Genome.
- Warren WC McDonnell Genome Institute, Washington University, St Louis.
- Kuderna L Institute of Evolutionary Biology (UPF-CSIC), PRBB, Barcelona, Spain.
- Alexander A Biodiversity Institute, University of Kansas.
- Catchen J Department of Animal Biology, University of Illinois, Urbana.
- Pérez-Silva JG Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular, Facultad de Medicina, Instituto Universitario de Oncología, Universidad de Oviedo, Spain.
- López-Otín C Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular, Facultad de Medicina, Instituto Universitario de Oncología, Universidad de Oviedo, Spain.
- Quesada V Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular, Facultad de Medicina, Instituto Universitario de Oncología, Universidad de Oviedo, Spain.
- Minx P McDonnell Genome Institute, Washington University, St Louis.
- Tomlinson C McDonnell Genome Institute, Washington University, St Louis.
- Montague MJ Department of Neuroscience, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania.
- Farias FHG McDonnell Genome Institute, Washington University, St Louis.
- Walter RB Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Texas State University.
- Marques-Bonet T Institute of Evolutionary Biology (UPF-CSIC), PRBB, Barcelona, Spain.
- Glenn T Department of Environmental Health Science, University of Georgia, Environmental Health Science Bldg, Athens, Georgia.
- Kieran TJ Department of Environmental Health Science, University of Georgia, Environmental Health Science Bldg, Athens, Georgia.
- Wise SS Wise Laboratory of Environmental and Genetic Toxicology, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, School of Medicine, University of Louisville.
- Wise JP Wise Laboratory of Environmental and Genetic Toxicology, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, School of Medicine, University of Louisville.
- Waterhouse RM Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Lausanne, Switzerland.
- Wise JP Wise Laboratory of Environmental and Genetic Toxicology, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, School of Medicine, University of Louisville.
- 2017-10-07
Published in:
- Genome biology and evolution. - 2017
cetaceans
genome
sperm whale
Animals
DNA, Mitochondrial
Evolution, Molecular
Genome
Phylogeny
Sperm Whale
English
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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- English
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- DOI 10.1093/gbe/evx187
- PMID 28985367
- Persistent URL
- https://sonar.ch/global/documents/27298
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