Article
Seadragon genome analysis provides insights into its phenotype and sex determination locus.
Science advances - 1 Aug 2021
Qu Meng, Liu Yali, Zhang Yanhong, Wan Shiming, Ravi Vydianathan, Qin Geng, Jiang Han, Wang Xin, Zhang Huixian, Zhang Bo, Gao Zexia, Huysseune Ann, Zhang Zhixin, Zhang Hao, Chen Zelin, Yu Haiyan, Wu Yongli, Tang Lu, Li Chunyan, Zhong Jia, Ma Liming, Wang Fengling, Zheng Hongkun, Yin Jianping, Witten Paul Eckhard, Meyer Axel, Venkatesh Byrappa, Lin Qiang
Abstract excerpt
The iconic phenotype of seadragons includes leaf-like appendages, a toothless tubular mouth, and male pregnancy involving incubation of fertilized eggs on an open "brood patch." We de novo-sequenced male and female genomes of the common seadragon (Phyllopteryx taeniolatus) and its closely related species, the alligator pipefish (Syngnathoides biaculeatus). Transcription profiles from an evolutionary novelty, the...
Topics
- Animals
- Biological Evolution
- Female
- Genome
- Male
- Phenotype
- Smegmamorpha
- Zebrafish
