Giant lungfish genome elucidates the conquest of land by vertebrates.
Giant lungfish genome elucidates the conquest of land by vertebrates.
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巨大的肺鱼基因组阐明了脊椎动物对陆地的征服。
DOI:
10.1038/s41586-021-03198-8
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发表时间:
2021-03
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影响因子:
64.8
通讯作者:
Schartl M
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Meyer A;Schloissnig S;Franchini P;Du K;Woltering JM;Irisarri I;Wong WY;Nowoshilow S;Kneitz S;Kawaguchi A;Fabrizius A;Xiong P;Dechaud C;Spaink HP;Volff JN;Simakov O;Burmester T;Tanaka EM;Schartl M
Lungfishes belong to lobe-fined fish (Sarcopterygii) that, in the Devonian period, ‘conquered’ the land and ultimately gave rise to all land vertebrates, including humans. Here we determine the chromosome-quality genome of the Australian lungfish (Neoceratodus forsteri), which is known to have the largest genome of any animal. The vast size of this genome, which is about 14× larger than that of humans, is attributable mostly to huge intergenic regions and introns with high repeat content (around 90%), the components of which resemble those of tetrapods (comprising mainly long interspersed nuclear elements) more than they do those of ray-finned fish. The lungfish genome continues to expand independently (its transposable elements are still active), through mechanisms different to those of the enormous genomes of salamanders. The 17 fully assembled lungfish macrochromosomes maintain synteny to other vertebrate chromosomes, and all microchromosomes maintain conserved ancient homology with the ancestral vertebrate karyotype. Our phylogenomic analyses confirm previous reports that lungfish occupy a key evolutionary position as the closest living relatives to tetrapods, underscoring the importance of lungfish for understanding innovations associated with terrestrialization. Lungfish preadaptations to living on land include the gain of limb-like expression in developmental genes such as hoxc13 and sall1 in their lobed fins. Increased rates of evolution and the duplication of genes associated with obligate air-breathing, such as lung surfactants and the expansion of odorant receptor gene families (which encode proteins involved in detecting airborne odours), contribute to the tetrapod-like biology of lungfishes. These findings advance our understanding of this major transition during vertebrate evolution. A chromosome-quality genome of the lungfish Neoceratodus fosteri sheds light on the development of obligate air-breathing and the gain of limb-like gene expression in lobed fins, providing insights into the water-to-land transition in vertebrate evolution.
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影响因子:
10.7
作者:
Castresana, J
通讯作者:
Castresana, J
影响因子:
64.8
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影响因子:
2.4
作者:
Camp, E;Hope, R;Lardelli, M
通讯作者:
Lardelli, M
DOI:
10.1073/pnas.2011078117
发表时间:
2020-12-01
影响因子:
11.1
作者:
Fernandez-Guerrero M;Yakushiji-Kaminatsui N;Lopez-Delisle L;Zdral S;Darbellay F;Perez-Gomez R;Bolt CC;Sanchez-Martin MA;Duboule D;Ros MA
通讯作者:
Ros MA
影响因子:
30.8
作者:
Braasch I;Gehrke AR;Smith JJ;Kawasaki K;Manousaki T;Pasquier J;Amores A;Desvignes T;Batzel P;Catchen J;Berlin AM;Campbell MS;Barrell D;Martin KJ;Mulley JF;Ravi V;Lee AP;Nakamura T;Chalopin D;Fan S;Wcisel D;Cañestro C;Sydes J;Beaudry FE;Sun Y;Hertel J;Beam MJ;Fasold M;Ishiyama M;Johnson J;Kehr S;Lara M;Letaw JH;Litman GW;Litman RT;Mikami M;Ota T;Saha NR;Williams L;Stadler PF;Wang H;Taylor JS;Fontenot Q;Ferrara A;Searle SM;Aken B;Yandell M;Schneider I;Yoder JA;Volff JN;Meyer A;Amemiya CT;Venkatesh B;Holland PW;Guiguen Y;Bobe J;Shubin NH;Di Palma F;Alföldi J;Lindblad-Toh K;Postlethwait JH
通讯作者:
Postlethwait JH