Evolution: The deep genetic roots of tetrapod-specific traits

Tetsuya Nakamura; Igor Schneider; Neil H Shubin

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2021.03.096

Evolution: The deep genetic roots of tetrapod-specific traits

Curr Biol. 2021 May 24;31(10):R467-R469. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2021.03.096.

Authors

Tetsuya Nakamura¹, Igor Schneider², Neil H Shubin³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Genetics, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA. Electronic address: [email protected].
² Department of Organismal Biology and Anatomy, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA. Electronic address: [email protected].
³ Department of Organismal Biology and Anatomy, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA. Electronic address: [email protected].

PMID: 34033765
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2021.03.096

Abstract

Based on embryology and comparative genomics, recent studies reveal that genetic pathways and gene regulatory elements responsible for the invasion of land by tetrapod ancestors are deeply conserved in fish.

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MeSH terms

Animals
Fishes* / genetics
Genomics*
Phenotype
Phylogeny