Nature Communications (Apr 2018)
Population genomics of finless porpoises reveal an incipient cetacean species adapted to freshwater
- Xuming Zhou,
- Xuanmin Guang,
- Di Sun,
- Shixia Xu,
- Mingzhou Li,
- Inge Seim,
- Wencai Jie,
- Linfeng Yang,
- Qianhua Zhu,
- Jiabao Xu,
- Qiang Gao,
- Alaattin Kaya,
- Qianhui Dou,
- Bingyao Chen,
- Wenhua Ren,
- Shuaicheng Li,
- Kaiya Zhou,
- Vadim N. Gladyshev,
- Rasmus Nielsen,
- Xiaodong Fang,
- Guang Yang
Affiliations
- Xuming Zhou
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Biodiversity and Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Normal University
- Xuanmin Guang
- BGI-Shenzhen
- Di Sun
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Biodiversity and Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Normal University
- Shixia Xu
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Biodiversity and Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Normal University
- Mingzhou Li
- Institute of Animal Genetics and Breeding, College of Animal Science and Technology, Sichuan Agricultural University
- Inge Seim
- Comparative and Endocrine Biology Laboratory, Translational Research Institute-Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, School of Biomedical Sciences, Queensland University of Technology
- Wencai Jie
- BGI-Shenzhen
- Linfeng Yang
- BGI-Shenzhen
- Qianhua Zhu
- BGI-Shenzhen
- Jiabao Xu
- BGI-Shenzhen
- Qiang Gao
- BGI-Shenzhen
- Alaattin Kaya
- Division of Genetics, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Harvard Medical School
- Qianhui Dou
- Division of Genetics, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Harvard Medical School
- Bingyao Chen
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Biodiversity and Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Normal University
- Wenhua Ren
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Biodiversity and Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Normal University
- Shuaicheng Li
- Department of Computer Sciences, City University of Hong Kong
- Kaiya Zhou
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Biodiversity and Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Normal University
- Vadim N. Gladyshev
- Division of Genetics, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Harvard Medical School
- Rasmus Nielsen
- Department of Integrative Biology, University of California
- Xiaodong Fang
- BGI-Shenzhen
- Guang Yang
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Biodiversity and Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Normal University
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-03722-x
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 9,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 8
Abstract
Whales, dolphins and porpoises are adapted to various aquatic habitats. Here, Zhou et al. show that polymorphisms associated with renal function and the urea cycle have undergone selection in the freshwater Yangtze finless porpoise and provide genomic evidence of incipient speciation.
