Genomic architecture underlying morphological and physiological adaptation to high elevation in a songbird

• Published in: Molecular ecology Vol. 32; no. 9; pp. 2234 - 2251
• Main Authors: Lu, Chia‐Wei, Huang, Shih‐Ting, Cheng, Shun‐Jen, Lin, Chen‐Tau, Hsu, Yu‐Cheng, Yao, Cheng‐Te, Dong, Feng, Hung, Chih‐Ming, Kuo, Hao‐Chih
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.05.2023
• Subjects: Adaptation; Adaptation, Physiological - genetics; Allen's rule; altitude; altitudinal adaptation; Animals; autosomes; beak; beak morphology; Beaks; Cerebrum; China; chromosomal inversion; Collagen (type IX); Cyanoderma; Divergence; Ecological adaptation; Ecology; Elevation; Evolution & development; evolutionary adaptation; Gene flow; Genes; Genome - genetics; genome sequencing; Genomics; Hypoxia; Inversions; Low temperature; Morphology; mountains; Mutation; Passeriformes - genetics; Physiological adaptation; Physiology; Plumage; Populations; Songbirds; Songbirds - genetics; Taiwan; temperature; Ultraviolet radiation; vision; Taiwan; China; hypoxia; genome sequencing; Allen's rule; chromosomal inversion; beak morphology; altitudinal adaptation
• ISSN: 0962-1083; 1365-294X; 1365-294X
• DOI: 10.1111/mec.16875

Organisms often acquire physiological and morphological modifications to conquer ecological challenges when colonizing new environments which lead to their adaptive evolution. However, deciphering the genomic mechanism of ecological adaptation is difficult because ecological environments are often t...