The first whole genome and transcriptome of the cinereous vulture reveals adaptation in the gastric and immune defense systems and possible convergent evolution between the Old and New World vultures

Genome Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Chung, Oksung ^a   Jin, Seondeok ^b   Cho, Yun Sung ^a,c   Lim, Jeongheui ^d   Kim, Hyunho ^c   Jho, Sungwoong ^a   Kim, Hak Min ^c   Jun, JeHoon ^a   Lee, HyeJin ^a   Chon, Alvin ^c   Ko, Junsu ^e   Edwards, Jeremy ^f   Weber, Jessica A ^g   Han, Kyudong ^h,i   O'Brien, Stephen J ^j,k   Manica, Andrea ^l   Bhak, Jong ^a,c,m   Paek, Woon Kee ^d  

^a Personal Genomics Institute Genome Research Foundation   (South Korea)

^b National Institute of Ecology   (South Korea)

^c Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

^d ICT and Future Planning   (South Korea)

^e Theragen BiO Institute   (South Korea)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^h Dankook University   (South Korea)

ⁱ Dankook University   (South Korea)

^j ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^k NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^m Geromics   (South Korea)

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Author keywords

Cinereous vulture; Genome; New world vulture; Next generation sequencing; Old world vulture; Transcriptome

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTOME;

AEGYPIUS MONACHUS; ARTICLE; BREATHING; CARCASS; CONVERGENT EVOLUTION; DEMOGRAPHY; DIGESTION; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; GENE MAPPING; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; IMMUNITY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; POPULATION SIZE; SPECIES COMPOSITION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STOMACH ACID SECRETION; STOMACH FUNCTION; UPPER PLEISTOCENE; VULTURE (BIRD); ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; DIGESTIVE FUNCTION; DNA SEQUENCE; FALCONIFORMES; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FALCONIFORMES; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME; IMMUNITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 84945175181     PISSN: 14747596     EISSN: 1474760X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13059-015-0780-4     Document Type: Article

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