Genome sequences reveal global dispersal routes and suggest convergent genetic adaptations in seahorse evolution
A new seahorse genome and the re-sequenced genomes of 21 other species shed new light on the evolutionary origin and global dispersal routes of seahorses, and show that bony spines—a key adaptation against predation—probably evolved multiple times via independent substitutions in the bmp3 gene.
Bibliographic Details
| Main Authors: |
Chunyan Li,
Melisa Olave,
Yali Hou,
Geng Qin,
Ralf F. Schneider,
Zexia Gao,
Xiaolong Tu,
Xin Wang,
Furong Qi,
Alexander Nater,
Andreas F. Kautt,
Shiming Wan,
Yanhong Zhang,
Yali Liu,
Huixian Zhang,
Bo Zhang,
Hao Zhang,
Meng Qu,
Shuaishuai Liu,
Zeyu Chen,
Jia Zhong,
He Zhang,
Lingfeng Meng,
Kai Wang,
Jianping Yin,
Liangmin Huang,
Byrappa Venkatesh,
Axel Meyer,
Xuemei Lu,
Qiang Lin |
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| Format: | Article
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| Language: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2021-02-01
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| Series: | Nature Communications
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-21379-x
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