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Convergent evolution of the genomes of marine mammals.
Nature genetics - 1 Mar 2015
Foote Andrew D, Liu Yue, Thomas Gregg W C, Vinař Tomáš, Alföldi Jessica, Deng Jixin, Dugan Shannon, van Elk Cornelis E, Hunter Margaret E, Joshi Vandita, Khan Ziad, Kovar Christie, Lee Sandra L, Lindblad-Toh Kerstin, Mancia Annalaura, Nielsen Rasmus, Qin Xiang, Qu Jiaxin, Raney Brian J, Vijay Nagarjun, Wolf Jochen B W, Hahn Matthew W, Muzny Donna M, Worley Kim C, Gilbert M Thomas P, Gibbs Richard A
Abstract excerpt
Marine mammals from different mammalian orders share several phenotypic traits adapted to the aquatic environment and therefore represent a classic example of convergent evolution. To investigate convergent evolution at the genomic level, we sequenced and performed de novo assembly of the genomes of three species of marine mammals (the killer whale, walrus and manatee) from three mammalian orders that share...
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