Genome evolution in the allotetraploid frog Xenopus laevis

AM Session, Y Uno, T Kwon, JA Chapman, A Toyoda… - Nature, 2016 - nature.com
To explore the origins and consequences of tetraploidy in the African clawed frog, we
sequenced the Xenopus laevis genome and compared it to the related diploid X. tropicalis …

Evolutionary analysis of a complete chicken genome

Z Huang, Z Xu, H Bai, Y Huang… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
Microchromosomes are prevalent in nonmammalian vertebrates [PD Waters et al., Proc.
Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 118 (2021)], but a few of them are missing in bird genome assemblies …

Vertebrate chromosome evolution

J Damas, M Corbo, HA Lewin - Annual Review of Animal …, 2021 - annualreviews.org
The study of chromosome evolution is undergoing a resurgence of interest owing to
advances in DNA sequencing technology that facilitate the production of chromosome-scale …

Reconstruction of proto-vertebrate, proto-cyclostome and proto-gnathostome genomes provides new insights into early vertebrate evolution

Y Nakatani, P Shingate, V Ravi, NE Pillai… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Ancient polyploidization events have had a lasting impact on vertebrate genome structure,
organization and function. Some key questions regarding the number of ancient …

Why do some vertebrates have microchromosomes?

K Srikulnath, SF Ahmad, W Singchat, T Panthum - Cells, 2021 - mdpi.com
With more than 70,000 living species, vertebrates have a huge impact on the field of biology
and research, including karyotype evolution. One prominent aspect of many vertebrate …

Evolution of the ancestral mammalian karyotype and syntenic regions

J Damas, M Corbo, J Kim… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
Decrypting the rearrangements that drive mammalian chromosome evolution is critical to
understanding the molecular bases of speciation, adaptation, and disease susceptibility …

Comparative genomics reveals the dynamics of chromosome evolution in Lepidoptera

CJ Wright, L Stevens, A Mackintosh… - Nature Ecology & …, 2024 - nature.com
Chromosomes are a central unit of genome organization. One-tenth of all described species
on Earth are butterflies and moths, the Lepidoptera, which generally possess 31 …

Microchromosomes are building blocks of bird, reptile, and mammal chromosomes

PD Waters, HR Patel, A Ruiz-Herrera… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
Microchromosomes, once considered unimportant shreds of the chicken genome, are gene-
rich elements with a high GC content and few transposable elements. Their origin has been …

Universal nomenclature for oxytocin–vasotocin ligand and receptor families

C Theofanopoulou, G Gedman, JA Cahill, C Boeckx… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Oxytocin (OXT; hereafter OT) and arginine vasopressin or vasotocin (AVP or VT; hereafter
VT) are neurotransmitter ligands that function through specific receptors to control diverse …

Three amphioxus reference genomes reveal gene and chromosome evolution of chordates

Z Huang, L Xu, C Cai, Y Zhou, J Liu… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
The slow-evolving invertebrate amphioxus has an irreplaceable role in advancing our
understanding of the vertebrate origin and innovations. Here we resolve the nearly complete …