Antarctic marine biodiversity: adaptations, environments and responses to change

LS Peck - Oceanography and Marine Biology, 2018 - library.oapen.org
Animals living in the Southern Ocean have evolved in a singular environment. It shares
many of its attributes with the high Arctic, namely low, stable temperatures, the pervading …

The genome as a life-history character: why rate of molecular evolution varies between mammal species

L Bromham - … Transactions of the Royal Society B …, 2011 - royalsocietypublishing.org
DNA sequences evolve at different rates in different species. This rate variation has been
most closely examined in mammals, revealing a large number of characteristics that can …

Phylogenomic resolution of the cetacean tree of life using target sequence capture

MR McGowen, G Tsagkogeorga… - Systematic …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
The evolution of cetaceans, from their early transition to an aquatic lifestyle to their
subsequent diversification, has been the subject of numerous studies. However, although …

[HTML][HTML] Pattern and timing of diversification of Cetartiodactyla (Mammalia, Laurasiatheria), as revealed by a comprehensive analysis of mitochondrial genomes

A Hassanin, F Delsuc, A Ropiquet, C Hammer… - Comptes rendus …, 2012 - Elsevier
The order Cetartiodactyla includes cetaceans (whales, dolphins and porpoises) that are
found in all oceans and seas, as well as in some rivers, and artiodactyls (ruminants, pigs …

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 …

A supermatrix analysis of genomic, morphological, and paleontological data from crown Cetacea

JH Geisler, MR McGowen, G Yang, J Gatesy - BMC evolutionary biology, 2011 - Springer
Background Cetacea (dolphins, porpoises, and whales) is a clade of aquatic species that
includes the most massive, deepest diving, and largest brained mammals. Understanding …

Mitogenome phylogenetics: the impact of using single regions and partitioning schemes on topology, substitution rate and divergence time estimation

S Duchêne, FI Archer, J Vilstrup, S Caballero… - PloS one, 2011 - journals.plos.org
The availability of mitochondrial genome sequences is growing as a result of recent
technological advances in molecular biology. In phylogenetic analyses, the complete …

Return to the Sea, Get Huge, Beat Cancer: An Analysis of Cetacean Genomes Including an Assembly for the Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae)

M Tollis, J Robbins, AE Webb… - Molecular biology …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Cetaceans are a clade of highly specialized aquatic mammals that include the largest
animals that have ever lived. The largest whales can have∼ 1,000× more cells than a …

Baiji genomes reveal low genetic variability and new insights into secondary aquatic adaptations

X Zhou, F Sun, S Xu, G Fan, K Zhu, X Liu… - Nature …, 2013 - nature.com
Abstract The baiji, or Yangtze River dolphin (Lipotes vexillifer), is a flagship species for the
conservation of aquatic animals and ecosystems in the Yangtze River of China; however …

Wild pedigrees inform mutation rates and historic abundance in baleen whales

M Suárez-Menéndez, M Bérubé, F Furni… - Science, 2023 - science.org
Phylogeny-based estimates suggesting a low germline mutation rate (μ) in baleen whales
have influenced research ranging from assessments of whaling impacts to evolutionary …