Draft genome of six Cuban Anolis lizards and insights into genetic changes during their diversification.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Detecting genomic variants and their accumulation processes during species diversification and adaptive radiation is important for understanding the molecular and genetic basis of evolution. Anolis lizards in the West Indies are good models for studying evolutionary mechanisms because of the repeated evolution of their morphology and the ecology. We performed de novo genome assembly of six Cuban Anolis lizards with different ecomorphs and thermal habitats (Anolis isolepis, Anolis allisoni, Anolis porcatus, Anolis allogus, Anolis homolechis, and Anolis sagrei). We carried out a comparative analysis of these genome assemblies to investigate the genetic changes that occurred during their diversification.

Results

We reconstructed novel draft genomes with relatively lo

SUBMITTER: Kanamori S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9635203 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature