Comparative genomics reveals insights into avian genome evolution and adaptation

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2014

Authors

Zhang, G (Author) Other; Li, C (Author) Other; Li, Q (Author) Other; Li, B (Author) Other; Larkin, DM (Author) Other; Lee, C (Author) Other; Storz, JF (Author) Other; Agostinho Antunes (Author) FCUP; Greenwold, MJ (Author) Other; Meredith, RW (Author) Other; Odeen, A (Author) Other; Cui, J (Author) Other; Zhou, Q (Author) Other; Xu, L (Author) Other; Pan, H (Author) Other; Wang, Z (Author) Other; Jin, L (Author) Other; Zhang, P (Author) Other; Hu, H (Author) Other; Yang, W (Author) Other; Hu, J (Author) Other; Xiao, J (Author) Other; Yang, Z (Author) Other; Liu, Y (Author) Other; Xie, Q (Author) Other; Yu, H (Author) Other; Lian, J (Author) Other; Wen, P (Author) Other; Zhang, F (Author) Other; Li, H (Author) Other; Zeng, Y (Author) Other; Xiong, Z (Author) Other; Liu, S (Author) Other; Zhou, L (Author) Other; Huang, Z (Author) Other; An, N (Author) Other; Wang, J (Author) Other; Zheng, Q (Author) Other; Xiong, Y (Author) Other; Wang, G (Author) Other; Wang, B (Author) Other; Wang, J (Author) Other; Fan, Y (Author) Other; da Fonseca, RR (Author) Other; Alfaro-Nunez, A (Author) Other; Schubert, M (Author) Other; Orlando, L (Author) Other; Mourier, T (Author) Other; Howard, JT (Author) Other; Ganapathy, G (Author) Other; Pfenning, A (Author) Other; Whitney, O (Author) Other; Rivas, MV (Author) Other; Hara, E (Author) Other; Smith, J (Author) Other; Farre, M (Author) Other; Narayan, J (Author) Other; Slavov, G (Author) Other; Romanov, MN (Author) Other; Borges, R (Author) Other; Machado, JP (Author) Other; Khan, I (Author) Other; Springer, MS (Author) Other; Gatesy, J (Author) Other; Hoffmann, FG (Author) Other; Opazo, JC (Author) Other; Hastad, O (Author) Other; Sawyer, RH (Author) Other; Kim, H (Author) Other; Kim, K (Author) Other; Kim, HJ (Author) Other; Cho, S (Author) Other; Li, N (Author) Other; Huang, Y (Author) Other; Bruford, MW (Author) Other; Zhan, X (Author) Other; Dixon, A (Author) Other; Bertelsen, MF (Author) Other; Derryberry, E (Author) Other; Warren, W (Author) Other; Wilson, RK (Author) Other; Li, S (Author) Other; Ray, DA (Author) Other; Green, RE (Author) Other; O'Brien, SJ (Author) Other; Griffin, D (Author) Other; Johnson, WE (Author) Other; Haussler, D (Author) Other; Ryder, OA (Author) Other; Willerslev, E (Author) Other; Graves, GR (Author) Other; Alstrom, P (Author) Other; Fjeldsa, J (Author) Other; Mindell, DP (Author) Other; Edwards, SV (Author) Other; Braun, EL (Author) Other; Rahbek, C (Author) Other; Burt, DW (Author) Other; Houde, P (Author) Other; Zhang, Y (Author) Other; Yang, H (Author) Other; Wang, J (Author) Other; Jarvis, ED (Author) Other; Gilbert, MTP (Author) Other; Wang, J (Author) Other; Ye, C (Author) Other; Liang, S (Author) Other; Yan, Z (Author) Other; Zepeda, ML (Author) Other; Campos, PF (Author) Other; Velazquez, AMV (Author) Other; Samaniego, JA (Author) Other; Avila-Arcos, M (Author) Other; Martin, MD (Author) Other; Barnett, R (Author) Other; Ribeiro, AM (Author) Other; Mello, CV (Author) Other; Lovell, PV (Author) Other; Almeida, D (Author) Other; Maldonado, E (Author) Other; Pereira, J (Author) Other; Sunagar, K (Author) Other; Philip, S (Author) Other; Dominguez-Bello, MG (Author) Other; Bunce, M (Author) Other; Lambert, D (Author) Other; Brumfield, RT (Author) Other; Sheldon, FH (Author) Other; Holmes, EC (Author) Other; Gardner, PP (Author) Other; Steeves, TE (Author) Other; Stadler, PF (Author) Other; Burge, SW (Author) Other; Lyons, E (Author) Other; Smith, J (Author) Other; McCarthy, F (Author) Other; Pitel, F (Author) Other; Rhoads, D (Author) Other; Froman, DP (Author) Other

Journal

Title: Science

Vol. 346

Pages: 1311-1320

ISSN: 0036-8075

Publisher: American Association for the Advancement of Science

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Authenticus ID: P-00A-19Y

DOI: 10.1126/science.1251385

Abstract (EN): Birds are the most species-rich class of tetrapod vertebrates and have wide relevance across many research fields. We explored bird macroevolution using full genomes from 48 avian species representing all major extant clades. The avian genome is principally characterized by its constrained size, which predominantly arose because of lineage-specific erosion of repetitive elements, large segmental deletions, and gene loss. Avian genomes furthermore show a remarkably high degree of evolutionary stasis at the levels of nucleotide sequence, gene synteny, and chromosomal structure. Despite this pattern of conservation, we detected many non-neutral evolutionary changes in protein-coding genes and noncoding regions. These analyses reveal that pan-avian genomic diversity covaries with adaptations to different lifestyles and convergent evolution of traits.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 10