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Comparative Genomic Screening Identifies Developmental Constraint Loci Underscoring the Phenotypic Evolution of Syngnathids.
Integrative zoology - 1 Sept 2026
Dong Zheng, Wang Chen, Dong Shukai, Peng Yicheng, Guo Jierui, Zhang Chuchu, Xu Zhaopeng, Wu Zixiang, Wang Bo, Qu Qingming
Abstract excerpt
Seahorses and their relatives (syngnathids) exhibit remarkable diversity in morphology and function, characterized by their distinctive body shapes and specialized feeding mechanisms. Despite recent advances in uncovering the genetic basis of some traits, the genotype-phenotype map in syngnathids remains incomplete. In this study, we employed forward-genomic approaches and developed a method to enrich for human...
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- Animals
- Smegmamorpha
- Biological Evolution
- Phenotype
- Genomics
- Animal Fins
