Cetaceans evolution: Insights from the genome sequences of common minke whales

Jung Youn Park; Yong Rock An; Naohisa Kanda; Chul Min An; Hye Suck An; Jung Ha Kang; Eun Mi Kim; Du Hae An; Hojin Jung; Myunghee Joung; Myung Hum Park; Sook Hee Yoon; Bo Young Lee; Taeheon Lee; Kyu Won Kim; Won Cheoul Park; Dong Hyun Shin; Young Sub Lee; Jaemin Kim; Woori Kwak; Hyeon Jeong Kim; Young Jun Kwon; Sunjin Moon; Yuseob Kim; David W. Burt; Seoae Cho; Heebal Kim

doi:10.1186/s12864-015-1213-1

Cetaceans evolution: Insights from the genome sequences of common minke whales

Jung Youn Park
, Yong Rock An
, Naohisa Kanda
, Chul Min An
, Hye Suck An
, Jung Ha Kang
, Eun Mi Kim
, Du Hae An
, Hojin Jung
, Myunghee Joung
, Myung Hum Park
, Sook Hee Yoon
, Bo Young Lee
, Taeheon Lee
, Kyu Won Kim
, Won Cheoul Park
, Dong Hyun Shin
, Young Sub Lee
, Jaemin Kim
, Woori Kwak

Hyeon Jeong Kim, Young Jun Kwon, Sunjin Moon, Yuseob Kim, David W. Burt, Seoae Cho, Heebal Kim^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

Department of Agricultural Convergence Technology

National Fisheries Research and Development Institute
Institute of Cetacean Research
TNT Research
Seoul National University
University of Washington
Ewha Womans University
University of Edinburgh

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Abstract

Background: Whales have captivated the human imagination for millennia. These incredible cetaceans are the only mammals that have adapted to life in the open oceans and have been a source of human food, fuel and tools around the globe. The transition from land to water has led to various aquatic specializations related to hairless skin and ability to regulate their body temperature in cold water. Results: We present four common minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) genomes with depth of ×13 ~ ×17 coverage and perform resequencing technology without a reference sequence. Our results indicated the time to the most recent common ancestors of common minke whales to be about 2.3574 (95% HPD, 1.1521 - 3.9212) million years ago. Further, we found that genes associated with epilation and tooth-development showed signatures of positive selection, supporting the morphological uniqueness of whales. Conclusions: This whole-genome sequencing offers a chance to better understand the evolutionary journey of one of the largest mammals on earth.

Original language	English
Article number	13
Journal	BMC genomics
Volume	16
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1186/s12864-015-1213-1
State	Published - 2015.01.22

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Cetaceans
Common minke whale
Genome
Positive selection

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Park, J. Y., An, Y. R., Kanda, N., An, C. M., An, H. S., Kang, J. H., Kim, E. M., An, D. H., Jung, H., Joung, M., Park, M. H., Yoon, S. H., Lee, B. Y., Lee, T., Kim, K. W., Park, W. C., Shin, D. H., Lee, Y. S., Kim, J., ... Kim, H. (2015). Cetaceans evolution: Insights from the genome sequences of common minke whales. BMC genomics, 16(1), Article 13. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12864-015-1213-1

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