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Genomic insights into the secondary aquatic transition of penguins

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  • Theresa L. Cole

    (University of Copenhagen)

  • Chengran Zhou

    (BGI-Shenzhen)

  • Miaoquan Fang

    (BGI-Shenzhen)

  • Hailin Pan

    (BGI-Shenzhen)

  • Daniel T. Ksepka

    (Bruce Museum)

  • Steven R. Fiddaman

    (University of Oxford)

  • Christopher A. Emerling

    (Reedley College)

  • Daniel B. Thomas

    (Massey University)

  • Xupeng Bi

    (BGI-Shenzhen
    Zhejiang University School of Medicine)

  • Qi Fang

    (BGI-Shenzhen)

  • Martin R. Ellegaard

    (University of Copenhagen
    NTNU University Museum, Norwegian University of Science and Technology)

  • Shaohong Feng

    (BGI-Shenzhen
    Zhejiang University School of Medicine)

  • Adrian L. Smith

    (University of Oxford)

  • Tracy A. Heath

    (Iowa State University)

  • Alan J. D. Tennyson

    (Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa)

  • Pablo García Borboroglu

    (University of Washington
    Global Penguin Society
    CESIMAR CCT Cenpat-CONICET)

  • Jamie R. Wood

    (University of Adelaide, North Terrace Campus)

  • Peter W. Hadden

    (University of Auckland)

  • Stefanie Grosser

    (University of Otago)

  • Charles-André Bost

    (Centre d’Etudes Biologiques de Chizé (CEBC), UMR 7372 du CNRS-La Rochelle Université)

  • Yves Cherel

    (Centre d’Etudes Biologiques de Chizé (CEBC), UMR 7372 du CNRS-La Rochelle Université)

  • Thomas Mattern

    (University of Otago)

  • Tom Hart

    (University of Oxford)

  • Mikkel-Holger S. Sinding

    (University of Copenhagen)

  • Lara D. Shepherd

    (Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa)

  • Richard A. Phillips

    (British Antarctic Survey, Natural Environment Research Council, High Cross)

  • Petra Quillfeldt

    (Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen)

  • Juan F. Masello

    (Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen)

  • Juan L. Bouzat

    (Bowling Green State University)

  • Peter G. Ryan

    (University of Cape Town)

  • David R. Thompson

    (National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research Ltd.)

  • Ursula Ellenberg

    (Global Penguin Society
    La Trobe University
    University of Otago)

  • Peter Dann

    (Phillip Island Nature Parks, PO Box 97, Cowes, Phillip Island)

  • Gary Miller

    (University of Western Australia
    University of Tasmania)

  • P. Dee Boersma

    (University of Washington)

  • Ruoping Zhao

    (Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • M. Thomas P. Gilbert

    (University of Copenhagen
    NTNU University Museum, Norwegian University of Science and Technology)

  • Huanming Yang

    (BGI-Shenzhen
    James D. Watson Institute of Genome Sciences
    Guangdong Provincial Academician Workstation of BGI Synthetic Genomics, BGI-Shenzhen)

  • De-Xing Zhang

    (Center for Computational and Evolutionary Biology & State Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Pest Insects and Rodents, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
    University of Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Guojie Zhang

    (University of Copenhagen
    BGI-Shenzhen
    Zhejiang University School of Medicine
    Chinese Academy of Sciences)

Abstract

Penguins lost the ability to fly more than 60 million years ago, subsequently evolving a hyper-specialized marine body plan. Within the framework of a genome-scale, fossil-inclusive phylogeny, we identify key geological events that shaped penguin diversification and genomic signatures consistent with widespread refugia/recolonization during major climate oscillations. We further identify a suite of genes potentially underpinning adaptations related to thermoregulation, oxygenation, diving, vision, diet, immunity and body size, which might have facilitated their remarkable secondary transition to an aquatic ecology. Our analyses indicate that penguins and their sister group (Procellariiformes) have the lowest evolutionary rates yet detected in birds. Together, these findings help improve our understanding of how penguins have transitioned to the marine environment, successfully colonizing some of the most extreme environments on Earth.

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  • Theresa L. Cole & Chengran Zhou & Miaoquan Fang & Hailin Pan & Daniel T. Ksepka & Steven R. Fiddaman & Christopher A. Emerling & Daniel B. Thomas & Xupeng Bi & Qi Fang & Martin R. Ellegaard & Shaohong, 2022. "Genomic insights into the secondary aquatic transition of penguins," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 13(1), pages 1-13, December.
  • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:13:y:2022:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-022-31508-9
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-31508-9
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