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Repeated independent origins of the placenta reveal convergent and divergent organ evolution within a single fish family (Poeciliidae)
An outstanding question in biology is to what extent convergent evolution produces similar, but not necessarily identical, complex phenotypic solutions. The placenta is a complex organ that repeatedly evolved in the livebearing fish family Poeciliidae. Here, we apply comparative approaches to test w...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10446500/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37611099 http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adf3915 |
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author | Safian, Diego Ahmed, Marwa van Kruistum, Henri Furness, Andrew I. Reznick, David N. Wiegertjes, Geert F. Pollux, Bart J.A. |
author_facet | Safian, Diego Ahmed, Marwa van Kruistum, Henri Furness, Andrew I. Reznick, David N. Wiegertjes, Geert F. Pollux, Bart J.A. |
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description | An outstanding question in biology is to what extent convergent evolution produces similar, but not necessarily identical, complex phenotypic solutions. The placenta is a complex organ that repeatedly evolved in the livebearing fish family Poeciliidae. Here, we apply comparative approaches to test whether evolution has produced similar or different placental phenotypes in the Poeciliidae and to what extent these phenotypes correlate with convergence at the molecular level. We show the existence of two placental phenotypes characterized by distinctly different anatomical adaptations (divergent evolution). Furthermore, each placental phenotype independently evolved multiple times across the family, providing evidence for repeated convergence. Moreover, our comparative genomic analysis revealed that the genomes of species with different placentas are evolving at a different pace. Last, we show that the two placental phenotypes correlate with two previously described contrasting life-history optima. Our results argue for high evolvability (both divergent and convergent) of the placenta within a group of closely related species in a single family. |
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spelling | pubmed-104465002023-08-24 Repeated independent origins of the placenta reveal convergent and divergent organ evolution within a single fish family (Poeciliidae) Safian, Diego Ahmed, Marwa van Kruistum, Henri Furness, Andrew I. Reznick, David N. Wiegertjes, Geert F. Pollux, Bart J.A. Sci Adv Biomedicine and Life Sciences An outstanding question in biology is to what extent convergent evolution produces similar, but not necessarily identical, complex phenotypic solutions. The placenta is a complex organ that repeatedly evolved in the livebearing fish family Poeciliidae. Here, we apply comparative approaches to test whether evolution has produced similar or different placental phenotypes in the Poeciliidae and to what extent these phenotypes correlate with convergence at the molecular level. We show the existence of two placental phenotypes characterized by distinctly different anatomical adaptations (divergent evolution). Furthermore, each placental phenotype independently evolved multiple times across the family, providing evidence for repeated convergence. Moreover, our comparative genomic analysis revealed that the genomes of species with different placentas are evolving at a different pace. Last, we show that the two placental phenotypes correlate with two previously described contrasting life-history optima. Our results argue for high evolvability (both divergent and convergent) of the placenta within a group of closely related species in a single family. American Association for the Advancement of Science 2023-08-23 /pmc/articles/PMC10446500/ /pubmed/37611099 http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adf3915 Text en Copyright © 2023 The Authors, some rights reserved; exclusive licensee American Association for the Advancement of Science. No claim to original U.S. Government Works. Distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial License 4.0 (CC BY-NC). https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) , which permits use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, so long as the resultant use is not for commercial advantage and provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Biomedicine and Life Sciences Safian, Diego Ahmed, Marwa van Kruistum, Henri Furness, Andrew I. Reznick, David N. Wiegertjes, Geert F. Pollux, Bart J.A. Repeated independent origins of the placenta reveal convergent and divergent organ evolution within a single fish family (Poeciliidae) |
title | Repeated independent origins of the placenta reveal convergent and divergent organ evolution within a single fish family (Poeciliidae) |
title_full | Repeated independent origins of the placenta reveal convergent and divergent organ evolution within a single fish family (Poeciliidae) |
title_fullStr | Repeated independent origins of the placenta reveal convergent and divergent organ evolution within a single fish family (Poeciliidae) |
title_full_unstemmed | Repeated independent origins of the placenta reveal convergent and divergent organ evolution within a single fish family (Poeciliidae) |
title_short | Repeated independent origins of the placenta reveal convergent and divergent organ evolution within a single fish family (Poeciliidae) |
title_sort | repeated independent origins of the placenta reveal convergent and divergent organ evolution within a single fish family (poeciliidae) |
topic | Biomedicine and Life Sciences |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10446500/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37611099 http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adf3915 |
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