Pubblicazione scientifica

Mudskippers and Their Genetic Adaptations to an Amphibious Lifestyle

FILONE TECNOLOGICO	TEMA
trasformazione e commercializzazione

RIASSUNTO

Simple Summary

Mudskippers are an interesting group of goggle-eyed amphibious fish that can live both in water and on land. They are a useful model for obtaining insights into the genetic mechanisms underlying the terrestrial adaptations of amphibious fish. This review summarizes the morphological and physiological modifications of representative mudskippers, and focuses on the recent advancement of genomic studies on their genetic adaptations to the amphibious lifestyle.

Abstract

Mudskippers are the largest group of amphibious teleost fish that are uniquely adapted to live on mudflats. During their successful transition from aqueous life to terrestrial living, these fish have evolved morphological and physiological modifications of aerial vision and olfaction, higher ammonia tolerance, aerial respiration, improved immunological defense against terrestrial pathogens, and terrestrial locomotion using protruded pectoral fins. Comparative genomic and transcriptomic data have been accumulated and analyzed for understanding molecular mechanisms of the terrestrial adaptations. Our current review provides a general introduction to mudskippers and recent research advances of their genetic adaptations to the amphibious lifestyle, which will be helpful for understanding the evolutionary transition of vertebrates from water to land. Our insights into the genomes and transcriptomes will also support molecular breeding, functional identification, and natural compound screening.

DATA

Data di pubblicazione: 07/02/2018

AUTORI

YOU XINXIN
SUN MIN
LI JIA
BIAN CHAO
CHEN JIEMING
YI YUNHAI
YU HUI
SHI QIONG

ENTE DI AFFERENZA

SHENZHEN KEY LAB OF MARINE GENOMICS GUANGDONG PROVINCIAL KEY LAB OF MOLECULAR BREEDING IN MARINE ECONOMIC ANIMALS BGI ACAD MARINE SCIENCES BGI MARINE BGI SHENZHEN 518083 CHINA YOUXINXIN GENOMICS CN XY SUNMIN WOLF 163 COM MS LIJIA1 GENOMICS CN JL BIANCHAO GENOMICS CN CB CHENJIEMING GENOMICS CN JC YIYUNHAI GENOMICS CN YY YUHUI GENOMICS CN HY
BGI EDUCATION CTR UNIV CHINESE ACAD SCIENCES SHENZHEN 518063 CHINA
BGI ZHENJIANG INST HYDROBIOLOGY BGI MARINE BGI ZHENJIANG 212000 CHINA
LAB OF AQUATIC GENOMICS COLLEGE OF LIFE SCIENCES & OCEANOGRAPHY SHENZHEN UNIV SHENZHEN 518060 CHINA

RIVISTA

Animals : an Open Access Journal from MDPI, 8(2), 24

IMPACT FACTOR

N.D.

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