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SUBMITTER: You X
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4268706 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Nature communications 20141202
Mudskippers are amphibious fishes that have developed morphological and physiological adaptations to match their unique lifestyles. Here we perform whole-genome sequencing of four representative mudskippers to elucidate the molecular mechanisms underlying these adaptations. We discover an expansion of innate immune system genes in the mudskippers that may provide defence against terrestrial pathogens. Several genes of the ammonia excretion pathway in the gills have experienced positive selection ...[more]