Nature Communications (Jan 2016)
Evolutionary signals of selection on cognition from the great tit genome and methylome
- Veronika N. Laine,
- Toni I. Gossmann,
- Kyle M. Schachtschneider,
- Colin J. Garroway,
- Ole Madsen,
- Koen J. F. Verhoeven,
- Victor de Jager,
- Hendrik-Jan Megens,
- Wesley C. Warren,
- Patrick Minx,
- Richard P. M. A. Crooijmans,
- Pádraic Corcoran,
- The Great Tit HapMap Consortium,
- Ben C. Sheldon,
- Jon Slate,
- Kai Zeng,
- Kees van Oers,
- Marcel E. Visser,
- Martien A. M. Groenen
Affiliations
- Veronika N. Laine
- Department of Animal Ecology, Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW)
- Toni I. Gossmann
- Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield
- Kyle M. Schachtschneider
- Animal Breeding and Genomics Centre, Wageningen University
- Colin J. Garroway
- Department of Zoology, Edward Grey Institute, University of Oxford
- Ole Madsen
- Animal Breeding and Genomics Centre, Wageningen University
- Koen J. F. Verhoeven
- Department of Terrestrial Ecology, Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW)
- Victor de Jager
- Department of Animal Ecology, Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW)
- Hendrik-Jan Megens
- Animal Breeding and Genomics Centre, Wageningen University
- Wesley C. Warren
- The Genome Institute, Washington University School of Medicine
- Patrick Minx
- The Genome Institute, Washington University School of Medicine
- Richard P. M. A. Crooijmans
- Animal Breeding and Genomics Centre, Wageningen University
- Pádraic Corcoran
- Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield
- The Great Tit HapMap Consortium
- Ben C. Sheldon
- Department of Zoology, Edward Grey Institute, University of Oxford
- Jon Slate
- Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield
- Kai Zeng
- Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield
- Kees van Oers
- Department of Animal Ecology, Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW)
- Marcel E. Visser
- Department of Animal Ecology, Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW)
- Martien A. M. Groenen
- Animal Breeding and Genomics Centre, Wageningen University
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms10474
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 7,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 9
Abstract
The great tit (Parus major) is known for its complex social-cognitive behaviour. Here, the authors sequence genomes of the great tit and show genes related to learning and cognition in regions under positive selection, as well as neuronal non-CpG methylation patterns similar to those observed in mammals.
