Comparative genomic analyses provide new insights into evolutionary history and conservation genomics of gorillas.

ABSTRACT: Genome sequencing is a powerful tool to understand species evolutionary history, uncover genes under selection, which could be informative of local adaptation, and infer measures of genetic diversity, inbreeding and mutational load that could be used to inform conservation efforts. Gorillas, critically endangered primates, have received considerable attention and with the recently sequenced Bwindi mountain gorilla population, genomic data is now available from all gorilla subspecies and both mountain gorilla populations. Here, we reanalysed this rich dataset with a focus on evolutionary history, local adaptation and genomic parameters relevant for conservation. We estimate a recent split between western and eastern gorillas of 150,000-180,000 years ago, with gene flow around 20,000 years a

SUBMITTER: van der Valk T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10811819 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature