ArticleGenome biology and evolution2021
Convergent Adaptation in Mitochondria of Phylogenetically Distant Birds: Does it Exist?
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- Characterization and geographical variation of the mitochondrial genome in the Azure-winged Magpie (Cyanopica cyanus).BMC genomics · 2026Article
- Stronger Evidence for Relaxed Selection Than Adaptive Evolution in High-elevation Animal mtDNA.Molecular biology and evolution · 2025Article
- Insights into Mitochondrial Rearrangements and Selection in Accipitrid Mitogenomes, with New Data onGenes · 2024Article
- Stronger evidence for relaxed selection than adaptive evolution in high-elevation animal mtDNA.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2024Article
- No Signs of Adaptations for High Flight Intensity in the Mitochondrial Genome of Birds.Genome biology and evolution · 2023Article
- Evidence of Selection in the Ectodysplasin Pathway among Endangered Aquatic Mammals.Integrative organismal biology (Oxford, England) · 2022Article
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Abstract
In a wide range of taxa, proteins encoded by mitochondrial genomes are involved in adaptation to lifestyle that requires oxygen starvation or elevation of metabolism rate. It remains poorly understood to what extent adaptation to similar conditions is associated with parallel changes in these proteins. We search for a genetic signal of parallel or convergent evolution in recurrent molecular adaptation to high altitude, migration, diving, wintering, unusual flight abilities, or loss of flight in mitochondrial genomes of birds. Developing on previous work, we design an approach for the detection of recurrent coincident changes in genotype and phenotype, indicative of an association between the two. We describe a number of candidate sites involved in recurrent adaptation in ND genes. However, we find that the majority of convergence events can be explained by random coincidences without invoking adaptation.
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