Genes lost during the transition from land to water in cetaceans highlight genomic changes associated with aquatic adaptations

Convergent gene losses illuminate metabolic and physiological changes in herbivores and carnivores

(2019) Nikolai Hecker et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Molecular Footprints of Aquatic Adaptation Including Bone Mass Changes in Cetaceans

(2018) Xuming Zhou et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

A genomics approach reveals insights into the importance of gene losses for mammalian adaptations

(2018) Virag Sharma et al.   Nature Communications

Whole-genome sequencing of the blue whale and other rorquals finds signatures for introgressive gene flow

(2018) Úlfur Árnason et al.   Science Advances

Loss of enzymes in the bile acid synthesis pathway explains differences in bile composition among mammals

(2018) Virag Sharma et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

The UCSC Genome Browser database: 2019 update

(2018) Maximilian Haeussler et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Recurrent loss of HMGCS2 shows that ketogenesis is not essential for the evolution of large mammalian brains

(2018) David Jebb et al.   eLife

The Novel Evolution of the Sperm Whale Genome

(2017) Wesley C Warren et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

Increased alignment sensitivity improves the usage of genome alignments for comparative gene annotation

(2017) Virag Sharma et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

The Genome of the Beluga Whale (Delphinapterus leucas)

(2017) Steven Jones et al.   Genes

Inactivation of thermogenic UCP1 as a historical contingency in multiple placental mammal clades

(2017) Michael J. Gaudry et al.   Science Advances

Ae4 (Slc4a9) is an electroneutral monovalent cation-dependent Cl−/HCO3−exchanger

(2016) Gaspar Peña-Münzenmayer et al.   JOURNAL OF GENERAL PHYSIOLOGY

Contact system revisited: an interface between inflammation, coagulation, and innate immunity

(2016) A. T. Long et al.   JOURNAL OF THROMBOSIS AND HAEMOSTASIS

The contact activation and kallikrein/kinin systems: pathophysiologic and physiologic activities

(2016) A. H. Schmaier   JOURNAL OF THROMBOSIS AND HAEMOSTASIS

Coelimination and Survival in Gene Network Evolution: Dismantling the RA-Signaling in a Chordate

(2016) Josep Martí-Solans et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Evolution by gene loss

(2016) Ricard Albalat et al.   NATURE REVIEWS GENETICS

Coding exon-structure aware realigner (CESAR) utilizes genome alignments for accurate comparative gene annotation

(2016) Virag Sharma et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

A comparison of the effects of factor XII deficiency and prekallikrein deficiency on thrombus formation

(2016) Yasin Kokoye et al.   THROMBOSIS RESEARCH

MAP3K19 Is a Novel Regulator of TGF-β Signaling That Impacts Bleomycin-Induced Lung Injury and Pulmonary Fibrosis

(2016) Stefen A. Boehme et al.   PLoS One

MAP3K19 Is Overexpressed in COPD and Is a Central Mediator of Cigarette Smoke-Induced Pulmonary Inflammation and Lower Airway Destruction

(2016) Stefen A. Boehme et al.   PLoS One

Ae4 (Slc4a9) Anion Exchanger Drives Cl−Uptake-dependent Fluid Secretion by Mouse Submandibular Gland Acinar Cells

(2015) Gaspar Peña-Münzenmayer et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Convergent evolution of the genomes of marine mammals

(2015) Andrew D Foote et al.   NATURE GENETICS

Melatonin Is Required for the Circadian Regulation of Sleep

(2015) Avni V. Gandhi et al.   NEURON

Essential role for polymerase specialization in cellular nonhomologous end joining

(2015) John M. Pryor et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The Genotype-Tissue Expression (GTEx) pilot analysis: Multitissue gene regulation in humans

(2015) et al.   SCIENCE

Insights into the Evolution of Longevity from the Bowhead Whale Genome

(2015) Michael Keane et al.   Cell Reports

Reduced thrombosis in Klkb1-/- mice is mediated by increased Mas receptor, prostacyclin, Sirt1, and KLF4 and decreased tissue factor

(2014) E. X. Stavrou et al.   BLOOD

Increased rate of hair keratin gene loss in the cetacean lineage

(2014) Mariana F Nery et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Massive Losses of Taste Receptor Genes in Toothed and Baleen Whales

(2014) Ping Feng et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

Restrictive Expression of Acid-Sensing Ion Channel 5 (Asic5) in Unipolar Brush Cells of the Vestibulocerebellum

(2014) Nina Boiko et al.   PLoS One

Polμ Deficiency Increases Resistance to Oxidative Damage and Delays Liver Aging

(2014) Beatriz Escudero et al.   PLoS One

Molecular evolution tracks macroevolutionary transitions in Cetacea

(2014) Michael R. McGowen et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Sleep–wake characterization of double MT1/MT2 receptor knockout mice and comparison with MT1 and MT2 receptor knockout mice

(2013) Stefano Comai et al.   BEHAVIOURAL BRAIN RESEARCH

Identification of Sec14-like 3 as a novel lipid-packing sensor in the lung

(2013) Daisuke Hishikawa et al.   FASEB JOURNAL

Novel locomotor muscle design in extreme deep-diving whales

(2013) B. P. Velten et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

A review of cetacean lung morphology and mechanics

(2013) Marina A. Piscitelli et al.   JOURNAL OF MORPHOLOGY

Minke whale genome and aquatic adaptation in cetaceans

(2013) Hyung-Soon Yim et al.   NATURE GENETICS

Increased Learning and Brain Long-Term Potentiation in Aged Mice Lacking DNA Polymerase μ

(2013) Daniel Lucas et al.   PLoS One

Renal intercalated cells are rather energized by a proton than a sodium pump

(2013) R. Chambrey et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Evolution of Mammalian Diving Capacity Traced by Myoglobin Net Surface Charge

(2013) S. Mirceta et al.   SCIENCE

Baiji genomes reveal low genetic variability and new insights into secondary aquatic adaptations

(2013) Xuming Zhou et al.   Nature Communications

Rod Monochromacy and the Coevolution of Cetacean Retinal Opsins

(2013) Robert W. Meredith et al.   PLoS Genetics

Evidence of melatonin secretion in cetaceans: Plasma concentration and extrapineal HIOMT-like presence in the bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus

(2012) Mattìa Panin et al.   GENERAL AND COMPARATIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY

Mammalian Peptidoglycan Recognition Proteins Kill Bacteria by Activating Two-Component Systems and Modulate Microbiome and Inflammation

(2012) Roman Dziarski et al.   Microbial Drug Resistance

A phylogenetic blueprint for a modern whale

(2012) John Gatesy et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Sec14l3 Is Specifically Expressed in Mouse Airway Ciliated Cells

(2011) Lihua Shan et al.   INFLAMMATION

Association of Polymorphism in the Promoter of the Melatonin Receptor 1A Gene with Schizophrenia and with Insomnia Symptoms in Schizophrenia Patients

(2011) Hae Jeong Park et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR NEUROSCIENCE

A high-resolution map of human evolutionary constraint using 29 mammals

(2011) Kerstin Lindblad-Toh et al.   NATURE

The sequence read archive: explosive growth of sequencing data

(2011) Y. Kodama et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Ensembl BioMarts: a hub for data retrieval across taxonomic space

(2011) R. J. Kinsella et al.   Database-The Journal of Biological Databases and Curation

Seasonal Difference of Diurnal Variations in Serum Melatonin, Cortisol, Testosterone, and Rectal Temperature in Indo-Pacific Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops aduncus)

(2011) Noriko Funasaka   AQUATIC MAMMALS

Oxygen as a friend and enemy: How to combat the mutational potential of 8-oxo-guanine

(2010) Barbara van Loon et al.   DNA REPAIR

Characteristic Metabolism of Free Amino Acids in Cetacean Plasma: Cluster Analysis and Comparison with Mice

(2010) Kazuki Miyaji et al.   PLoS One

Orphan Transporter SLC6A18 Is Renal Neutral Amino Acid Transporter B0AT3

(2009) Dustin Singer et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Altered Hematopoiesis in Mice Lacking DNA Polymerase μ Is Due to Inefficient Double-Strand Break Repair

(2009) Daniel Lucas et al.   PLoS Genetics

Cetacean sleep: An unusual form of mammalian sleep

(2008) O LYAMIN et al.   NEUROSCIENCE AND BIOBEHAVIORAL REVIEWS

The Vestigial Olfactory Receptor Subgenome of Odontocete Whales: Phylogenetic Congruence between Gene-Tree Reconciliation and Supermatrix Methods

(2008) Michael R. McGowen et al.   SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY