Genome sequences reveal global dispersal routes and suggest convergent genetic adaptations in seahorse evolution

C Li, M Olave, Y Hou, G Qin, RF Schneider… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Seahorses have a circum-global distribution in tropical to temperate coastal waters. Yet,
seahorses show many adaptations for a sedentary, cryptic lifestyle: they require specific …

The seahorse genome and the evolution of its specialized morphology

Q Lin, S Fan, Y Zhang, M Xu, H Zhang, Y Yang, AP Lee… - Nature, 2016 - nature.com
Seahorses have a specialized morphology that includes a toothless tubular mouth, a body
covered with bony plates, a male brood pouch, and the absence of caudal and pelvic fins …

Shark genomes provide insights into elasmobranch evolution and the origin of vertebrates

Y Hara, K Yamaguchi, K Onimaru, M Kadota… - Nature ecology & …, 2018 - nature.com
Modern cartilaginous fishes are divided into elasmobranchs (sharks, rays and skates) and
chimaeras, and the lack of established whole-genome sequences for the former has …

Molecular evidence for long-distance colonization in an Indo-Pacific seahorse lineage

PR Teske, H Hamilton, PJ Palsbøll, CK Choo… - Marine Ecology …, 2005 - int-res.com
Mitochondrial control region (mtDNA CR) diversity within and among 6 seahorse
populations associated with the Indo-Pacific Hippocampus kuda complex (H. kuda from …

The origin and evolution of seahorses (genus Hippocampus): a phylogenetic study using the cytochrome b gene of mitochondrial DNA

SP Casey, HJ Hall, HF Stanley, ACJ Vincent - Molecular Phylogenetics and …, 2004 - Elsevier
Phylogenetic relationships among 93 specimens of 22 species of seahorses (genus
Hippocampus) from the Atlantic and Indo-Pacific Oceans were analysed using cytochrome b …

Speciation with gene flow in equids despite extensive chromosomal plasticity

H Jónsson, M Schubert… - Proceedings of the …, 2014 - National Acad Sciences
Horses, asses, and zebras belong to a single genus, Equus, which emerged 4.0–4.5 Mya.
Although the equine fossil record represents a textbook example of evolution, the …

Barriers in a sea of elasmobranchs: From fishing for populations to testing hypotheses in population genetics

M Hirschfeld, C Dudgeon, M Sheaves… - Global Ecology and …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Background The interplay of animal dispersal and environmental heterogeneity is
fundamental for the distribution of biodiversity on earth. In the ocean, the interaction of …

Ancient horse genomes reveal the timing and extent of dispersals across the Bering Land Bridge

AO Vershinina, PD Heintzman, DG Froese… - Molecular …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Bering Land Bridge (BLB) last connected Eurasia and North America during
the Late Pleistocene. Although the BLB would have enabled transfers of terrestrial biota in …

Population genomics of marine fishes: next-generation prospects and challenges

J Hemmer-Hansen, NO Therkildsen… - The Biological …, 2014 - journals.uchicago.edu
Over the past few years, technological advances have facilitated giant leaps forward in our
ability to generate genome-wide molecular data, offering exciting opportunities for gaining …

Whole-genome sequencing of the blue whale and other rorquals finds signatures for introgressive gene flow

Ú Árnason, F Lammers, V Kumar, MA Nilsson… - Science advances, 2018 - science.org
Reconstructing the evolution of baleen whales (Mysticeti) has been problematic because
morphological and genetic analyses have produced different scenarios. This might be …