Convergent genomic signatures of flight loss in birds suggest a switch of main fuel

Flight loss has occurred numerous times in bird evolution. Here, the authors examine convergent sites in the exonic and intronic sequences of 48 bird genomes, finding amino-acid changes in two genes, ATGL and ACOT7, with potential implications for a change in metabolism rather than anatomy.

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Autores principales: Shengkai Pan, Yi Lin, Qiong Liu, Jinzhi Duan, Zhenzhen Lin, Yusong Wang, Xueli Wang, Sin Man Lam, Zhen Zou, Guanghou Shui, Yu Zhang, Zhengwang Zhang, Xiangjiang Zhan
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Publicado: Nature Portfolio 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://doaj.org/article/6c67d239a8954f85a748acc904a18c93
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Sumario:Flight loss has occurred numerous times in bird evolution. Here, the authors examine convergent sites in the exonic and intronic sequences of 48 bird genomes, finding amino-acid changes in two genes, ATGL and ACOT7, with potential implications for a change in metabolism rather than anatomy.