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ArticleIntegrative zoology2026

Genome-Wide Mining of lncRNAs Reveals Their Potential Regulatory Role in the Evolution of Viviparity.

Xiaogang Feng, Wei Gao, Wenjie Dong, Yijing Chen, Robert W Murphy, Yaping Zhang, Jing Che

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Xiaogang FengState Key Laboratory of Genetic Evolution & Animal Models, and Yunnan Key Laboratory of Biodiversity and Ecological Conservation of Gaoligong Mountain, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, China.
Wei GaoState Key Laboratory of Genetic Evolution & Animal Models, and Yunnan Key Laboratory of Biodiversity and Ecological Conservation of Gaoligong Mountain, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, China.
Wenjie DongState Key Laboratory of Genetic Evolution & Animal Models, and Yunnan Key Laboratory of Biodiversity and Ecological Conservation of Gaoligong Mountain, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, China.
Yijing ChenState Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-Resource in Yunnan, School of Life Sciences, Yunnan University, Kunming, China.
Robert W MurphyState Key Laboratory of Genetic Evolution & Animal Models, and Yunnan Key Laboratory of Biodiversity and Ecological Conservation of Gaoligong Mountain, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, China.
Yaping ZhangState Key Laboratory of Genetic Evolution & Animal Models, and Yunnan Key Laboratory of Biodiversity and Ecological Conservation of Gaoligong Mountain, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, China.
Jing CheState Key Laboratory of Genetic Evolution & Animal Models, and Yunnan Key Laboratory of Biodiversity and Ecological Conservation of Gaoligong Mountain, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, China.

Funding

Animal Branch of the Germplasm Bank of Wild Species, Chinese Academy of SciencesNational Natural Science Foundation of China 32100341Second Tibetan Plateau Scientific Expedition and Research Program (STEP) 2019QZKK0501Yunnan Provincial Science and Technology Project at Southwest United Graduate School 202302AO370006)Yunnan Revitalization Talent Support Program Young Talent ProjectYunnan Revitalization Talent Support Program Yunling Scholar Project
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Abstract

Reproduction in vertebrates usually involves egg-laying (oviparity) or live-bearing (viviparity). Oviparity is the ancestral trait from which viviparity has independently evolved more than 100 times in squamate reptiles. This transition involves a series of physiological and structural changes, including the degeneration of eggshell and the evolution of a placenta and differences in the temporal and spatial expression patterns of some functional genes that drive the structural transformation. Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) play important roles in the regulation of gene expression, yet it remains unclear whether they participate in gene expression shifts during the transition from oviparity to viviparity, and if so how. Therefore, we employ deep mining to identify novel lncRNAs of a closely related oviparous-viviparous pair of lizards (Phrynocephalus przewalskii and P. vlangalii). We construct cis- and trans-regulatory networks between lncRNAs and target genes using the transcriptomic data of oviduct or uteri tissues across reproductive periods. Results show that lncRNAs that regulate eggshell gland developmental genes in the oviparous lizard are lost or less expressed in the viviparous lizard. A number of lncRNAs involved in the regulation of placental development and embryo attachment in viviparous species have no orthologs in oviparous species, and others show little or no expression. Accordingly, lncRNAs may play important regulatory roles in the physiological and structural changes in the transition from oviparity to viviparity. These results open doors to the further elucidation of genetic regulatory networks.

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Biological EvolutionLizardsRNA, Long NoncodingViviparity, NonmammalianAnimalsFemaleGene Expression RegulationOviparityRNA, Long NoncodinglncRNAoviparityPhrynocephalusviviparity

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PMID40296238
PMCPMC13574192

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