Nature Communications (Feb 2021)
Genome sequences reveal global dispersal routes and suggest convergent genetic adaptations in seahorse evolution
- Chunyan Li,
- Melisa Olave,
- Yali Hou,
- Geng Qin,
- Ralf F. Schneider,
- Zexia Gao,
- Xiaolong Tu,
- Xin Wang,
- Furong Qi,
- Alexander Nater,
- Andreas F. Kautt,
- Shiming Wan,
- Yanhong Zhang,
- Yali Liu,
- Huixian Zhang,
- Bo Zhang,
- Hao Zhang,
- Meng Qu,
- Shuaishuai Liu,
- Zeyu Chen,
- Jia Zhong,
- He Zhang,
- Lingfeng Meng,
- Kai Wang,
- Jianping Yin,
- Liangmin Huang,
- Byrappa Venkatesh,
- Axel Meyer,
- Xuemei Lu,
- Qiang Lin
Affiliations
- Chunyan Li
- CAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-Resources and Ecology, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Innovation Academy of South China Sea Ecology and Environmental Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Melisa Olave
- Department of Biology, University of Konstanz
- Yali Hou
- Beijing Institute of Genomics, Chinese Academy of Sciences; China National Center for Bioinformation
- Geng Qin
- CAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-Resources and Ecology, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Innovation Academy of South China Sea Ecology and Environmental Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Ralf F. Schneider
- Department of Biology, University of Konstanz
- Zexia Gao
- College of Fisheries, Key Laboratory of Freshwater Animal Breeding, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Huazhong Agricultural University
- Xiaolong Tu
- Allwegene Technologies Inc.
- Xin Wang
- CAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-Resources and Ecology, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Innovation Academy of South China Sea Ecology and Environmental Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Furong Qi
- Beijing Institute of Genomics, Chinese Academy of Sciences; China National Center for Bioinformation
- Alexander Nater
- Department of Biology, University of Konstanz
- Andreas F. Kautt
- Department of Biology, University of Konstanz
- Shiming Wan
- CAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-Resources and Ecology, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Innovation Academy of South China Sea Ecology and Environmental Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Yanhong Zhang
- CAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-Resources and Ecology, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Innovation Academy of South China Sea Ecology and Environmental Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Yali Liu
- CAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-Resources and Ecology, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Innovation Academy of South China Sea Ecology and Environmental Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Huixian Zhang
- CAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-Resources and Ecology, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Innovation Academy of South China Sea Ecology and Environmental Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Bo Zhang
- CAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-Resources and Ecology, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Innovation Academy of South China Sea Ecology and Environmental Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Hao Zhang
- CAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-Resources and Ecology, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Innovation Academy of South China Sea Ecology and Environmental Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Meng Qu
- CAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-Resources and Ecology, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Innovation Academy of South China Sea Ecology and Environmental Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Shuaishuai Liu
- CAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-Resources and Ecology, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Innovation Academy of South China Sea Ecology and Environmental Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Zeyu Chen
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Jia Zhong
- CAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-Resources and Ecology, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Innovation Academy of South China Sea Ecology and Environmental Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- He Zhang
- BGI-Qingdao, BGI-Shenzhen
- Lingfeng Meng
- BGI-Qingdao, BGI-Shenzhen
- Kai Wang
- School of Agriculture, Ludong University
- Jianping Yin
- CAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-Resources and Ecology, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Innovation Academy of South China Sea Ecology and Environmental Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Liangmin Huang
- CAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-Resources and Ecology, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Innovation Academy of South China Sea Ecology and Environmental Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Byrappa Venkatesh
- Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, A*STAR
- Axel Meyer
- Department of Biology, University of Konstanz
- Xuemei Lu
- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Center for Excellence in Animal Evolution and Genetics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Qiang Lin
- CAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-Resources and Ecology, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Innovation Academy of South China Sea Ecology and Environmental Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-21379-x
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 12,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 11
Abstract
A new seahorse genome and the re-sequenced genomes of 21 other species shed new light on the evolutionary origin and global dispersal routes of seahorses, and show that bony spines—a key adaptation against predation—probably evolved multiple times via independent substitutions in the bmp3 gene.
