Genome-wide signatures of convergent evolution in echolocating mammals

Joe Parker (), Georgia Tsagkogeorga, James A. Cotton, Yuan Liu, Paolo Provero, Elia Stupka and Stephen J. Rossiter ()
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Joe Parker: School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Queen Mary, University of London, London E1 4NS, UK
Georgia Tsagkogeorga: School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Queen Mary, University of London, London E1 4NS, UK
James A. Cotton: School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Queen Mary, University of London, London E1 4NS, UK
Yuan Liu: BGI-Europe, Ole Maaløes Vej 3, DK-2200 Copenhagen N, Denmark
Paolo Provero: Center for Translational Genomics and Bioinformatics, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Via Olgettina 58, 20132 Milano, Italy
Elia Stupka: Center for Translational Genomics and Bioinformatics, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Via Olgettina 58, 20132 Milano, Italy
Stephen J. Rossiter: School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Queen Mary, University of London, London E1 4NS, UK

Nature, 2013, vol. 502, issue 7470, 228-231

Abstract: By analysing genomic sequences in echolocating mammals it is shown that convergence is not a rare process restricted to a handful of loci but is instead widespread, continuously distributed and commonly driven by natural selection acting on a small number of sites per locus; analyses involved sequence comparisons across 22 mammals, including 4 new bat genomes, and found signatures consistent with convergence in genes linked to hearing or deafness, but surprisingly also to vision.

Date: 2013
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