Insights into the Genomics of Clownfish Adaptive Radiation: The Genomic Substrate of the Diversification.

ABSTRACT: Clownfishes are an iconic group of coral reef fishes that evolved a mutualistic interaction with sea anemones, which triggered the rapid diversification of the group. Following the emergence of this mutualism, clownfishes diversified into different ecological niches and developed convergent phenotypes associated with their host use. The genetic basis of the initial acquisition of the mutualism with host anemones has been described, but the genomic architecture underlying clownfish diversification once the mutualism was established and the extent to which clownfish phenotypic convergence originated through shared genetic mechanisms are still unknown. Here, we investigated these questions by performing comparative genomic analyses on the available genomic data of five pairs of closely relate

SUBMITTER: Marcionetti A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10349533 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature