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  • Title: Novel Genomic Insights into Body Size Evolution in Cetaceans and a Resolution of Peto's Paradox.
    Author: Sun 孙迪 D, Chai 柴思敏 S, Huang 黄鑫 X, Wang 王滢莹 Y, Xiao 肖琳琳 L, Xu 徐士霞 S, Yang 杨光 G.
    Journal: Am Nat; 2022 Feb; 199(2):E28-E42. PubMed ID: 35077272.
    Abstract:
    AbstractCetaceans (whales, dolphins, and porpoises) have undergone a radical transformation from the typical terrestrial mammalian body plan to a streamlined body, while exhibiting dramatic interspecific size differences. However, the molecular mechanisms underlying the diversification of cetacean body size are largely unknown. Here, by using genomic and phenotypic data for 22 cetaceans, we performed phylogenetic genome-body size analysis and explored the genetic basis of the high diversity of body size in cetaceans. A functional enrichment analysis showed that body size-related genes in cetaceans are enriched in pathways associated with immunity, cell growth, and metabolism, suggesting that they contributed to body size diversification. Genes showing correlated evolution with body size were mainly involved in immune surveillance, tumor suppression function, and development of hypertumors. The role of these genes in tumor control resolves Peto's paradox (i.e., the lack of a correspondence between an expansion in body size and, thereby, cell number and an increased cancer incidence). Our results provide novel insights into the evolution of substantial body size variation in cetaceans.
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