Comparative analysis of microsatellites in coding regions provides insights into the adaptability of the giant panda, polar bear and brown bear

• Published in: Genetica Vol. 150; no. 6; pp. 355 - 366
• Main Authors: Cheng, Meiling, Xie, Daxin, Price, Megan, Zhou, Chuang, Zhang, Xiuyue
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 01.12.2022; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Adaptability; Ailuropoda melanoleuca; Animal Genetics and Genomics; Aquatic mammals; Bamboo; bamboos; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Carbohydrates; Cardiovascular system; Comparative analysis; Diet; Encyclopedias; Energy metabolism; Enrichment; evolution; Evolutionary Biology; Evolutionary genetics; gene ontology; Genes; genome; Genomes; Growth factors; Human Genetics; Insulin; landscapes; Life Sciences; Microbial Genetics and Genomics; microsatellite repeats; Microsatellites; Original Paper; Pandas; Plant Genetics and Genomics; Polar bears; Short tandem repeats; Signal transduction; somatomedins; starch; Ursidae; Ursus arctos; Ursus maritimus; Genomic coding STR; Giant panda; Adaptability; Polymorphism

Short Tandem repeats (STRs) often occur within coding regions and adaptive selection could play a vital role in shaping the landscape of coding STRs. Here, we identified 849, 1282 and 1501 genes that contained 966, 1565 and 1921 STRs in the coding regions of the giant panda, polar bear and brown bea...