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Functional genomics of abiotic environmental adaptation in lacertid lizards and other vertebrates.
Wollenberg Valero, Katharina C; Garcia-Porta, Joan; Irisarri, Iker; Feugere, Lauric; Bates, Adam; Kirchhof, Sebastian; Jovanovic Glavas, Olga; Pafilis, Panayiotis; Samuel, Sabrina F; Müller, Johannes; Vences, Miguel; Turner, Alexander P; Beltran-Alvarez, Pedro; Storey, Kenneth B.
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  • Wollenberg Valero KC; Department of Biological and Marine Sciences, University of Hull, Kingston-Upon-Hull, UK.
  • Garcia-Porta J; Department of Biology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA.
  • Irisarri I; Department of Applied Bioinformatics, Institute for Microbiology and Genetics, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany.
  • Feugere L; Campus Institut Data Science (CIDAS), Göttingen, Germany.
  • Bates A; Department of Biological and Marine Sciences, University of Hull, Kingston-Upon-Hull, UK.
  • Kirchhof S; Department of Biological and Marine Sciences, University of Hull, Kingston-Upon-Hull, UK.
  • Jovanovic Glavas O; Museum für Naturkunde, Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Science, Berlin, Germany.
  • Pafilis P; New York University Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
  • Samuel SF; Department of Biology, University of Osijek, Osijek, Croatia.
  • Müller J; Section of Zoology and Marine Biology, Department of Biology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
  • Vences M; Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Hull, Kingston-Upon-Hull, UK.
  • Turner AP; Museum für Naturkunde, Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Science, Berlin, Germany.
  • Beltran-Alvarez P; Zoological Institute, Braunschweig University of Technology, Braunschweig, Germany.
  • Storey KB; Department of Computer Science, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK.
J Anim Ecol ; 91(6): 1163-1179, 2022 06.
Article en En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34695234
Understanding the genomic basis of adaptation to different abiotic environments is important in the context of climate change and resulting short-term environmental fluctuations. Using functional and comparative genomics approaches, we here investigated whether signatures of genomic adaptation to a set of environmental parameters are concentrated in specific subsets of genes and functions in lacertid lizards and other vertebrates. We first identify 200 genes with signatures of positive diversifying selection from transcriptomes of 24 species of lacertid lizards and demonstrate their involvement in physiological and morphological adaptations to climate. To understand how functionally similar these genes are to previously predicted candidate functions for climate adaptation and to compare them with other vertebrate species, we then performed a meta-analysis of 1,100 genes under selection obtained from -omics studies in vertebrate species adapted to different abiotic factors. We found that the vertebrate gene set formed a tightly connected interactome, which was to 23% enriched in previously predicted functions of adaptation to climate, and to a large part (18%) involved in organismal stress response. We found a much higher degree of identical genes being repeatedly selected among different animal groups (43.6%), and of functional similarity and post-translational modifications than expected by chance, and no clear functional division between genes used for ectotherm and endotherm physiological strategies. In total, 171 out of 200 genes of Lacertidae were part of this network. These results highlight an important role of a comparatively small set of genes and their functions in environmental adaptation and narrow the set of candidate pathways and markers to be used in future research on adaptation and stress response related to climate change.
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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Genómica / Lagartos Tipo de estudio: Prognostic_studies / Systematic_reviews Límite: Animals Idioma: En Revista: J Anim Ecol Año: 2022 Tipo del documento: Article Pais de publicación: Reino Unido
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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Genómica / Lagartos Tipo de estudio: Prognostic_studies / Systematic_reviews Límite: Animals Idioma: En Revista: J Anim Ecol Año: 2022 Tipo del documento: Article Pais de publicación: Reino Unido