Sentences with phrase «evolving vertebrate genome»
The elephant shark has the smallest genome among cartilaginous fishes, and has been shown to be the slowest evolving vertebrate genome, according to a new study in the journal Nature.
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As vertebrates evolved, the entire genome was duplicated not once but twice.
By comparing the genomes of 203 vertebrates, they first traced the origin of KZFPs back to a common ancestor of tetrapods (four - legged animals) and coelacanth, a fish that evolved over 400 million years ago.
While that is close to true for coelacanths, other famous «living fossils,» which have the slowest molecular evolutionary rate among vertebrates, the Lingula genome has been evolving rapidly, despite the lack of changes in appearance.
The more we understand about how natural variation in the vertebrate genome shapes the development and function of the brain, the better insight we can have into how behavioral patterns evolve, and how disruption to neurogenetic pathways can lead to brain and behavioral dysfunction.
The cephalopod's genome reveals how the creatures evolved intelligence to rival the brightest vertebrates.