Population genomics of finless porpoises reveal an incipient cetacean species adapted to freshwater

Population genomics of finless porpoises reveal an incipient cetacean species adapted to freshwater

Whales, dolphins and porpoises are adapted to various aquatic habitats. Here, Zhou et al. show that polymorphisms associated with renal function and the urea cycle have undergone selection in the freshwater Yangtze finless porpoise and provide genomic evidence of incipient speciation.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Xuming Zhou, Xuanmin Guang, Di Sun, Shixia Xu, Mingzhou Li, Inge Seim, Wencai Jie, Linfeng Yang, Qianhua Zhu, Jiabao Xu, Qiang Gao, Alaattin Kaya, Qianhui Dou, Bingyao Chen, Wenhua Ren, Shuaicheng Li, Kaiya Zhou, Vadim N. Gladyshev, Rasmus Nielsen, Xiaodong Fang, Guang Yang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2018-04-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-03722-x

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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-03722-x

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