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SUBMITTER: Zhou X
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4637874 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Zhou Xuming X Seim Inge I Gladyshev Vadim N VN
Scientific reports 20151109
Phenotypic convergence is thought to be driven by parallel substitutions coupled with natural selection at the sequence level. Multiple independent evolutionary transitions of mammals to an aquatic environment offer an opportunity to test this thesis. Here, whole genome alignment of coding sequences identified widespread parallel amino acid substitutions in marine mammals; however, the majority of these changes were not unique to these animals. Conversely, we report that candidate aquatic adapta ...[more]