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Convergent and lineage-specific genomic changes shape adaptations in sugar-consuming birds

2024-09-01

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High-sugar diets cause human metabolic diseases, yet several bird lineages convergently adapted to feeding on sugar-rich nectar or fruits. We investigated the underlying molecular mechanisms in hummingbirds, parrots, honeyeaters, and sunbirds by generating nine new genomes and 90 tissue-specific transcriptomes. Comparative screens revealed an excess of repeated selection in both protein-coding and regulatory seque...

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Literature Corpus work: 712cfd40-a751-5e32-805a-6894e3ae4f92
DOI: 10.1101/2024.08.30.610474

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