Journal article
Ground tit genome reveals avian adaptation to living at high altitudes in the Tibetan plateau
Nature Communications, Vol.4(2071)
2013
Abstract
The ground tit (Parus humilis) is endemic to the Tibetan plateau. It is a member of family Paridae but it was long thought to be related to the ground jays because of their morphological similarities. Here we present the ground tit's genome and re-sequence two tits and one ground jay, to clarify this controversially taxonomic status and uncover its genetic adaptations to the Tibetan plateau. Our results show that ground tit groups with two tits and it diverges from them between 7.7 and 9.9 Mya. Compared with other avian genomes, ground tit shows expansion in genes linked to energy metabolism and contractions in genes involved in immune and olfactory perception. We also found positively selected and rapidly evolving genes in hypoxia response and skeletal development. These results indicated that ground tit evolves basic strategies and 'tit-to-jay' change for coping with the life in an extreme environment. © 2013 Macmillan Publishers Limited. All rights reserved.
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- Title
- Ground tit genome reveals avian adaptation to living at high altitudes in the Tibetan plateau
- Authors
- Y Qu (Author) - Chinese Academy of Sciences, ChinaH Zhao (Author) - Novogene Bioinformatics Institute, ChinaN Han (Author) - Chinese Academy of Sciences, ChinaG Zhou (Author) - Novogene Bioinformatics Institute, ChinaG Song (Author) - Chinese Academy of Sciences, ChinaB Gao (Author) - Chinese Academy of Sciences, ChinaS Tian (Author) - Novogene Bioinformatics Institute, ChinaJ Zhang (Author) - Novogene Bioinformatics Institute, ChinaRuiying Zhang (Author) - Chinese Academy of Sciences, ChinaX Meng (Author) - Novogene Bioinformatics Institute, ChinaYuan Zhang (Author) - Novogene Bioinformatics Institute, ChinaYong Zhang (Author)X Zhu (Author) - Chinese Academy of Sciences, ChinaWenjuan Wang (Author)David Lambert (Author) - Griffith UniversityP G P Ericson (Author) - Swedish Museum of Natural History, SwedenSankar Subramanian (Author) - Griffith UniversityC Yeung (Author) - Novogene Bioinformatics Institute, ChinaR Li (Author) - Novogene Bioinformatics Institute, ChinaH Zhu (Author) - Novogene Bioinformatics Institute, ChinaF Lei (Author) - Chinese Academy of Sciences, ChinaZ Jiang (Author) - Novogene Bioinformatics Institute, China
- Publication details
- Nature Communications, Vol.4(2071); 9
- Publisher
- Nature Publishing Group
- DOI
- 10.1038/ncomms3071
- ISSN
- 2041-1723
- Organisation Unit
- School of Science, Technology and Engineering; School of Science and Engineering - Legacy; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; Centre for Bioinnovation
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99451203902621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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