High-quality genome assemblies provide clues on the evolutionary advantage of blue peafowl over green peafowl.

ABSTRACT: An intriguing example of differential adaptability is the case of two Asian peafowl species, Pavo cristatus (blue peafowl) and Pavo muticus (green peafowl), where the former has a "Least Concern" conservation status and the latter is an "Endangered" species. To understand the genetic basis of this differential adaptability of the two peafowl species, a comparative analysis of these species is much needed to gain the genomic and evolutionary insights. Thus, we constructed a high-quality genome assembly of blue peafowl with an N50 value of 84.81 Mb (pseudochromosome-level assembly), and a high-confidence coding gene set to perform the genomic and evolutionary analyses of blue and green peafowls with 49 other avian species. The analyses revealed adaptive evolution of genes relat

SUBMITTER: Chakraborty A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10412995 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature