Comparative genomics reveal the convergent evolution of CYP82D and CYP706X members related to flavone biosynthesis in Lamiaceae and Asteraceae

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ranran Gao ◽  
Qian Lou ◽  
Lijun Hao ◽  
Guihong Qi ◽  
Ya Tian ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Genomics ◽  
Convergent Evolution

scholarly journals Integrating natural history collections and comparative genomics to study the genetic architecture of convergent evolution

2019 ◽  
Vol 374 (1777) ◽  
pp. 20180248 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sangeet Lamichhaney ◽  
Daren C. Card ◽  
Phil Grayson ◽  
João F. R. Tonini ◽  
Gustavo A. Bravo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Genomics ◽  
Natural History ◽  
Convergent Evolution ◽  
Phenotypic Diversity ◽  
Taxonomic Diversity ◽  
Gold Rush ◽  
Phenotypic Data ◽  
Natural History Collections ◽  
Natural History Collection ◽  
Genomic Studies

Evolutionary convergence has been long considered primary evidence of adaptation driven by natural selection and provides opportunities to explore evolutionary repeatability and predictability. In recent years, there has been increased interest in exploring the genetic mechanisms underlying convergent evolution, in part, owing to the advent of genomic techniques. However, the current ‘genomics gold rush’ in studies of convergence has overshadowed the reality that most trait classifications are quite broadly defined, resulting in incomplete or potentially biased interpretations of results. Genomic studies of convergence would be greatly improved by integrating deep ‘vertical’, natural history knowledge with ‘horizontal’ knowledge focusing on the breadth of taxonomic diversity. Natural history collections have and continue to be best positioned for increasing our comprehensive understanding of phenotypic diversity, with modern practices of digitization and databasing of morphological traits providing exciting improvements in our ability to evaluate the degree of morphological convergence. Combining more detailed phenotypic data with the well-established field of genomics will enable scientists to make progress on an important goal in biology: to understand the degree to which genetic or molecular convergence is associated with phenotypic convergence. Although the fields of comparative biology or comparative genomics alone can separately reveal important insights into convergent evolution, here we suggest that the synergistic and complementary roles of natural history collection-derived phenomic data and comparative genomics methods can be particularly powerful in together elucidating the genomic basis of convergent evolution among higher taxa. This article is part of the theme issue ‘Convergent evolution in the genomics era: new insights and directions’.

scholarly journals Integrating natural history-derived phenomics with comparative genomics to study the genetic architecture of convergent evolution

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sangeet Lamichhaney ◽  
Daren C. Card ◽  
Phil Grayson ◽  
João F.R. Tonini ◽  
Gustavo A. Bravo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Genomics ◽  
Natural History ◽  
Convergent Evolution ◽  
Phenotypic Diversity ◽  
Taxonomic Diversity ◽  
Gold Rush ◽  
Phenotypic Data ◽  
Natural History Collection ◽  
Genomic Studies ◽  
Genetic Mechanisms

AbstractEvolutionary convergence has been long considered primary evidence of adaptation driven by natural selection and provides opportunities to explore evolutionary repeatability and predictability. In recent years, there has been increased interest in exploring the genetic mechanisms underlying convergent evolution, in part due to the advent of genomic techniques. However, the current ‘genomics gold rush’ in studies of convergence has overshadowed the reality that most trait classifications are quite broadly defined, resulting in incomplete or potentially biased interpretations of results. Genomic studies of convergence would be greatly improved by integrating deep ‘vertical’, natural history knowledge with ‘horizontal’ knowledge focusing on the breadth of taxonomic diversity. Natural history collections have and continue to be best positioned for increasing our comprehensive understanding of phenotypic diversity, with modern practices of digitization and databasing of morphological traits providing exciting improvements in our ability to evaluate the degree of morphological convergence. Combining more detailed phenotypic data with the well-established field of genomics will enable scientists to make progress on an important goal in biology: to understand the degree to which genetic or molecular convergence is associated with phenotypic convergence. Although the fields of comparative biology or comparative genomics alone can separately reveal important insights into convergent evolution, here we suggest that the synergistic and complementary roles of natural history collection-derived phenomic data and comparative genomics methods can be particularly powerful in together elucidating the genomic basis of convergent evolution among higher taxa.

scholarly journals Comparative genomics reveals an outstanding sex chromosome diversity in cichlid fishes driven by genomic novelties and convergent evolution

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Athimed El Taher ◽  
Michael Matschiner ◽  
Fabrizia Ronco ◽  
Walter Salzburger ◽  
Astrid Böhne
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Genomics ◽  
Convergent Evolution ◽  
Sex Chromosome ◽  
Cichlid Fishes

Cognition without Cortex: The Convergent Evolution of Avian and Mammalian Forebrains

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Onur Güntürkün
Keyword(s):  
Convergent Evolution

Poisonous platypuses confirm convergent evolution

Nature ◽  
2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ewen Callaway
Keyword(s):  
Convergent Evolution
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