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SUBMITTER: Warren WC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5726484 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Genome biology and evolution 20171201 12
The sperm whale, made famous by Moby Dick, is one of the most fascinating of all ocean-dwelling species given their unique life history, novel physiological adaptations to hunting squid at extreme ocean depths, and their position as one of the earliest branching toothed whales (Odontoceti). We assembled the sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) genome and resequenced individuals from multiple ocean basins to identify new candidate genes for adaptation to an aquatic environment and infer demograph ...[more]