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Genes lost during the transition from land to water in cetaceans highlight genomic changes associated with aquatic adaptations

The transition from land to water in whales and dolphins (cetaceans) was accompanied by remarkable adaptations. To reveal genomic changes that occurred during this transition, we screened for protein-coding genes that were inactivated in the ancestral cetacean lineage. We found 85 gene losses. Some...

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Autores principales: Huelsmann, Matthias, Hecker, Nikolai, Springer, Mark S., Gatesy, John, Sharma, Virag, Hiller, Michael
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Association for the Advancement of Science 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6760925/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31579821
http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aaw6671