2021
Phylogenomic analyses of the genus Drosophila reveals genomic signals of climate adaptation
Li F, Rane R, Luria V, Xiong Z, Chen J, Li Z, Catullo R, Griffin P, Schiffer M, Pearce S, Lee S, McElroy K, Stocker A, Shirriffs J, Cockerell F, Coppin C, Sgrò C, Karger A, Cain J, Weber J, Santpere G, Kirschner M, Hoffmann A, Oakeshott J, Zhang G. Phylogenomic analyses of the genus Drosophila reveals genomic signals of climate adaptation. Molecular Ecology Resources 2021, 22: 1559-1581. PMID: 34839580, PMCID: PMC9299920, DOI: 10.1111/1755-0998.13561.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsClimate generalistsDrosophila speciesGenus DrosophilaPhylogenomic analysisSignificant phylogenetic incongruenceEvolutionary genomic studiesMelanogaster species groupGenome-wide signalsDifferent climatic nichesHigh-quality assemblySmall population sizeIncomplete lineageSubgenus DrosophilaAsymmetric introgressionSubgenus SophophoraPhylogenetic incongruenceNew transcriptomesGene gainClimatic nicheGenome diversityNatural populationsWidespread speciesGenomic signalsSpecies groupsClimate niche
2020
The whale shark genome reveals how genomic and physiological properties scale with body size
Weber J, Park S, Luria V, Jeon S, Kim H, Jeon Y, Bhak Y, Jun J, Kim S, Hong W, Lee S, Cho Y, Karger A, Cain J, Manica A, Kim S, Kim J, Edwards J, Bhak J, Church G. The whale shark genome reveals how genomic and physiological properties scale with body size. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2020, 117: 20662-20671. PMID: 32753383, PMCID: PMC7456109, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1922576117.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdaptation, PhysiologicalAnimalsBase SequenceBody SizeGenomeGenomicsLongevitySharksTemperatureConceptsWhale shark genomeShark genomeBody sizeGene lengthWhale sharksLarge-scale comparative genomic analysisLong neural genesMetazoan genome architectureSlow evolutionary rateComparative genomics approachLonger gene lengthComparative genomic analysisMultiple genetic featuresCodon adaptation indexMetabolic rateAverage geneGenome architectureNeurodegeneration genesEvolutionary ratesMost genomesGenomic approachesGenomic traitsNeural genesGenome featuresBiological traits