Comparative genomics reveals insights into avian genome evolution and adaptation

Guojie Zhang; Cai Li; Qiye Li; Bo Li; Denis M. Larkin; C. Lee; J. F. Storz; Agostinho Antunes; Matthew J. Greenwold; Robert W. Meredith; Anders Ödeen; Jie Cui; Qi Zhou; Luohao Xu; Hailin Pan; Zongji Wang; Lijun Jin; Pei Zhang; Haofu Hu; Wei Yang; Jiang Hu; Jin Xiao; Zhikai Yang; Yang Liu; Qiaolin Xie; Hao Yu; Jinmin Lian; Ping Wen; Fang Zhang; Hui Li; Yongli Zeng; Zijun Xiong; Shiping Liu; Long Zhou; Zhiyong Huang; Na An; Jie Wang; Qiumei Zheng; Yingqi Xiong; Guangbiao Wang; Bo Wang; Jingjing Wang; Yu Fan; Rute R. da Fonseca; Alonzo Alfaro-Núñez; Mikkel Schubert; Ludovic Orlando; Tobias Mourier; Jason T. Howard; Ganeshkumar Ganapathy; Andreas Pfenning; Osceola Whitney; Miriam V. Rivas; Erina Hara; Julia  Smith; Marta Farré-Belmonte; J. Narayan; G. Slavov; Michael N. Romanov; Rui Borges; João Paulo Machado; Imran Khan; Mark S. Springer; John Gatesy; Federico G. Hoffmann; Juan C. Opazo; Olle Håstad; Roger H. Sawyer; Heebal Kim; Kyu-Won Kim; Hyeon Jeong Kim; Seoae Cho; Ning Li; Yinhua Huang; Michael W. Bruford; Xiangijian Zhan; Andrew Dixon; Mads F. Bertelsen; Elizabeth Derryberry; Wesley Warren; Richard K. Wilson; Shengbin Li; David A. Ray; Richard E. Green; Stephen J. O'Brien; Darren Griffin; Warren E. Johnson; David Haussler; Oliver A. Ryder; Eske Willerslev; Gary R. Graves; Per Alstrom; Jon Fjeldsa; David P. Mindell; Scott V. Edwards; Edward L. Braun; Carsten Rahbek; David W. Burt; Peter Houde; Yong Zhang; Huanming Yang; Jian Wang; Erich D. Jarvis; M. Thomas P. Gilbert; Jun Wang

doi:10.1126/science.1251385

Comparative genomics reveals insights into avian genome evolution and adaptation

Guojie Zhang
, Cai Li
, Qiye Li
, Bo Li
, Denis M. Larkin
, C. Lee
, J. F. Storz
, Agostinho Antunes
, Matthew J. Greenwold
, Robert W. Meredith
, Anders Ödeen
, Jie Cui
, Qi Zhou
, Luohao Xu
, Hailin Pan
, Zongji Wang
, Lijun Jin
, Pei Zhang
, Haofu Hu
, Wei Yang

Jiang Hu, Jin Xiao, Zhikai Yang, Yang Liu, Qiaolin Xie, Hao Yu, Jinmin Lian, Ping Wen, Fang Zhang, Hui Li, Yongli Zeng, Zijun Xiong, Shiping Liu, Long Zhou, Zhiyong Huang, Na An, Jie Wang, Qiumei Zheng, Yingqi Xiong, Guangbiao Wang, Bo Wang, Jingjing Wang, Yu Fan, Rute R. da Fonseca, Alonzo Alfaro-Núñez, Mikkel Schubert, Ludovic Orlando, Tobias Mourier, Jason T. Howard, Ganeshkumar Ganapathy, Andreas Pfenning, Osceola Whitney, Miriam V. Rivas, Erina Hara, Julia Smith, Marta Farré-Belmonte, J. Narayan, G. Slavov, Michael N. Romanov, Rui Borges, João Paulo Machado, Imran Khan, Mark S. Springer, John Gatesy, Federico G. Hoffmann, Juan C. Opazo, Olle Håstad, Roger H. Sawyer, Heebal Kim, Kyu-Won Kim, Hyeon Jeong Kim, Seoae Cho, Ning Li, Yinhua Huang, Michael W. Bruford, Xiangijian Zhan, Andrew Dixon, Mads F. Bertelsen, Elizabeth Derryberry, Wesley Warren, Richard K. Wilson, Shengbin Li, David A. Ray, Richard E. Green, Stephen J. O'Brien, Darren Griffin, Warren E. Johnson, David Haussler, Oliver A. Ryder, Eske Willerslev, Gary R. Graves, Per Alstrom, Jon Fjeldsa, David P. Mindell, Scott V. Edwards, Edward L. Braun, Carsten Rahbek, David W. Burt, Peter Houde, Yong Zhang, Huanming Yang, Jian Wang, Erich D. Jarvis, M. Thomas P. Gilbert, Jun Wang

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Birds are the most species-rich class of tetrapod vertebrates and have wide relevance across many research fields. We explored bird macroevolution using full genomes from 48 avian species representing all major extant clades. The avian genome is principally characterized by its constrained size, which predominantly arose because of lineage-specific erosion of repetitive elements, large segmental deletions, and gene loss. Avian genomes furthermore show a remarkably high degree of evolutionary stasis at the levels of nucleotide sequence, gene synteny, and chromosomal structure. Despite this pattern of conservation, we detected many non-neutral evolutionary changes in protein-coding genes and noncoding regions. These analyses reveal that pan-avian genomic diversity covaries with adaptations to different lifestyles and convergent evolution of traits.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1311-1320
Number of pages	10
Journal	Science
Volume	346
Issue number	6215
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1251385
Publication status	Published - 12 Dec 2014

Keywords

Adaptation, Physiological
Animals
Biodiversity
Biological Evolution
Birds/classification
Conserved Sequence
Diet
Evolution, Molecular
Female
Flight, Animal
Genes
Genetic Variation
Genome
Genomics
Male
Molecular Sequence Annotation
Phylogeny
Reproduction/genetics
Selection, Genetic
Sequence Analysis, DNA
Synteny
Vision, Ocular/genetics
Vocalization, Animal

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Zhang, G., Li, C., Li, Q., Li, B., Larkin, D. M., Lee, C., Storz, J. F., Antunes, A., Greenwold, M. J., Meredith, R. W., Ödeen, A., Cui, J., Zhou, Q., Xu, L., Pan, H., Wang, Z., Jin, L., Zhang, P., Hu, H., ... Wang, J. (2014). Comparative genomics reveals insights into avian genome evolution and adaptation. Science, 346(6215), 1311-1320. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1251385

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