What have we learned from the first 500 avian genomes?

GA Bravo, CJ Schmitt… - Annual Review of Ecology …, 2021 - annualreviews.org
The increased capacity of DNA sequencing has significantly advanced our understanding of
the phylogeny of birds and the proximate and ultimate mechanisms molding their genomic …

Expanding the classical paradigm: what we have learnt from vertebrates about sex chromosome evolution

L Kratochvíl, M Stöck, M Rovatsos… - … of the Royal …, 2021 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Until recently, the field of sex chromosome evolution has been dominated by the canonical
unidirectional scenario, first developed by Muller in 1918. This model postulates that sex …

The genomes of all lungfish inform on genome expansion and tetrapod evolution

M Schartl, JM Woltering, I Irisarri, K Du, S Kneitz… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
The genomes of living lungfishes can inform on the molecular-developmental basis of the
Devonian sarcopterygian fish–tetrapod transition. We de novo sequenced the genomes of …

Identifying the causes and consequences of assembly gaps using a multiplatform genome assembly of a bird‐of‐paradise

V Peona, MPK Blom, L Xu, R Burri… - Molecular ecology …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Genome assemblies are currently being produced at an impressive rate by consortia and
individual laboratories. The low costs and increasing efficiency of sequencing technologies …

Sex chromosomes in meiotic, hemiclonal, clonal and polyploid hybrid vertebrates: along the 'extended speciation continuum'

M Stöck, D Dedukh, R Reifová… - … of the Royal …, 2021 - royalsocietypublishing.org
We review knowledge about the roles of sex chromosomes in vertebrate hybridization and
speciation, exploring a gradient of divergences with increasing reproductive isolation …

A brief review of vertebrate sex evolution with a pledge for integrative research: towards 'sexomics'

M Stöck, L Kratochvíl, H Kuhl… - … of the Royal …, 2021 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Triggers and biological processes controlling male or female gonadal differentiation vary in
vertebrates, with sex determination (SD) governed by environmental factors or simple to …

Sex chromosomes as supergenes of speciation: why amphibians defy the rules?

C Dufresnes, PA Crochet - Philosophical Transactions of …, 2022 - royalsocietypublishing.org
As reflected by the two rules of speciation (Haldane's rule and the large X-/Z-effect), sex
chromosomes are expected to behave like supergenes of speciation: they recombine only in …

Recurrent chromosome reshuffling and the evolution of neo-sex chromosomes in parrots

Z Huang, I De O. Furo, J Liu, V Peona… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
The karyotype of most birds has remained considerably stable during more than 100 million
years' evolution, except for some groups, such as parrots. The evolutionary processes and …

The genomics of adaptation in birds

L Campagna, DPL Toews - Current Biology, 2022 - cell.com
Organismal adaptations are the hallmark of natural selection. Studies of adaptations in avian
systems have been central to key conceptual and empirical advances in the field of …

Micro germline-restricted chromosome in blue tits: evidence for meiotic functions

JC Mueller, SA Schlebusch, Y Pei… - Molecular biology …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
The germline-restricted chromosome (GRC) is likely present in all songbird species but
differs widely in size and gene content. This extra chromosome has been described as …