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Genome-wide signatures of convergent evolution in echolocating mammals

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  • Joe Parker

    (School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Queen Mary, University of London, London E1 4NS, UK)

  • Georgia Tsagkogeorga

    (School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Queen Mary, University of London, London E1 4NS, UK)

  • James A. Cotton

    (School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Queen Mary, University of London, London E1 4NS, UK
    Present address: Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge CB10 1SA, UK.)

  • Yuan Liu

    (BGI-Europe, Ole Maaløes Vej 3, DK-2200 Copenhagen N, Denmark)

  • Paolo Provero

    (Center for Translational Genomics and Bioinformatics, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Via Olgettina 58, 20132 Milano, Italy
    University of Turin, Via Nizza 52, I-10126 Torino, Italy)

  • Elia Stupka

    (Center for Translational Genomics and Bioinformatics, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Via Olgettina 58, 20132 Milano, Italy)

  • Stephen J. Rossiter

    (School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Queen Mary, University of London, London E1 4NS, UK)

Abstract

By analysing genomic sequences in echolocating mammals it is shown that convergence is not a rare process restricted to a handful of loci but is instead widespread, continuously distributed and commonly driven by natural selection acting on a small number of sites per locus; analyses involved sequence comparisons across 22 mammals, including 4 new bat genomes, and found signatures consistent with convergence in genes linked to hearing or deafness, but surprisingly also to vision.

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  • Joe Parker & Georgia Tsagkogeorga & James A. Cotton & Yuan Liu & Paolo Provero & Elia Stupka & Stephen J. Rossiter, 2013. "Genome-wide signatures of convergent evolution in echolocating mammals," Nature, Nature, vol. 502(7470), pages 228-231, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:502:y:2013:i:7470:d:10.1038_nature12511
    DOI: 10.1038/nature12511
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    1. Chao Tong & Leticia Avilés & Linda S. Rayor & Alexander S. Mikheyev & Timothy A. Linksvayer, 2022. "Genomic signatures of recent convergent transitions to social life in spiders," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 13(1), pages 1-12, December.
    2. Francesco Cicconardi & Edoardo Milanetti & Erika C. Pinheiro de Castro & Anyi Mazo-Vargas & Steven M. Van Belleghem & Angelo Alberto Ruggieri & Pasi Rastas & Joseph Hanly & Elizabeth Evans & Chris D. , 2023. "Evolutionary dynamics of genome size and content during the adaptive radiation of Heliconiini butterflies," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 14(1), pages 1-24, December.

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