Hundreds of Genes Experienced Convergent Shifts in Selective Pressure in Marine Mammals.

Abstract excerpt

Mammal species have made the transition to the marine environment several times, and their lineages represent one of the classical examples of convergent evolution in morphological and physiological traits. Nevertheless, the genetic mechanisms of their phenotypic transition are poorly understood, and investigations into convergence at the molecular level have been inconclusive. While past studies have searched...

Topics

• Adaptation, Physiological
• Animals
• Aquatic Organisms
• Biological Evolution
• Caniformia
• Cetacea
• Evolution, Molecular
• Gene-Environment Interaction
• Mutation Rate
• Phenotype
• Phylogeny